inflection

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/

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• Hyphenation: in‧flec‧tion

Noun

Singular inflection

Plural inflections

1. Inflection is the changing of a verb, noun, adjective or adverb to change its meaning or tense.

   When learning a language, inflection is often taught separately.

   Italic languages use inflection more often than Germanic languages do.

Related words

• inflect
• morphology