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inflection
[ in-flek-shuhn ]
noun
- modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- the process or device of adding affixes to or changing the shape of a base to give it a different syntactic function without changing its form class.
- the paradigm of a word.
- a single pattern of formation of a paradigm:
noun inflection; verb inflection.
- the change in the shape of a word, generally by affixation, by means of which a change of meaning or relationship to some other word or group of words is indicated.
- the affix added to produce this change, as the -s in dogs or the -ed in played.
- the systematic description of such processes in a given language, as in serves from serve, sings from sing, and harder from hard ( derivation ).
- a bend or angle.
- Mathematics. a change of curvature from convex to concave or vice versa.
inflection
/ ɪˈڱɛʃə /
noun
- modulation of the voice
- grammar a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, gender, number, or case
- an angle or bend
- the act of inflecting or the state of being inflected
- maths a change in curvature from concave to convex or vice versa See also point of inflection
inflection
- A change in the form of a word to reflect different grammatical functions of the word in a sentence. English has lost most of its inflections. Those that remain are chiefly possessive ('s), as in “the boy's ”; plural ( -s ), as in “the three girls ”; and past tense ( -d or -ed ), as in cared . Other inflections are found in pronouns — as in he , him , his — and in irregular words such as think/thought , child/children , and mouse/mice .
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Derived Forms
- ˈڱپDzԲ, adjective
- ˈڱپDzԲly, adverb
- ˈڱپDzԱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ·ڱtDz· adjective
- i·ڱtDz noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inflection1
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Example Sentences
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And after years of struggles, workers say the industry is at an inflection point.
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One of the most beautiful things about this project is that there are so many inflection points.
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is interesting about the film coming out now, there are all these inflection points.
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There are certain inflection points in history where you can imagine how things might have gone differently.
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At the same time, as Wilkinson points out, movies could be an inflection of the national mood, even if they were misinterpreted by the politicians who cited them.
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