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Inflection

nounid 76810·updated May 18, 2026
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a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
flexioninflexionmodulationprosody
plural
Inflections
possessive
Inflection's
pluralpossessive
Inflections'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
§2
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
§3
deviation from a straight or normal course
§4
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

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