inflexion

Other forms: inflexions

Definitions of inflexion
  1. noun
    a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
    synonyms: inflection
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    conjugation
    the inflection of verbs
    declension
    the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
    paradigm
    systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
    pluralisation, pluralization
    the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
    type of:
    grammatical relation
    a linguistic relation established by grammar
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