INFLECTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
   Synonym(s)
   • prosody (what does prosody mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inflection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manner of speaking (what does manner of speaking mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • pitch contour (what does pitch contour mean?)
   • caesura (what does caesura mean?)
   • enjambment (what does enjambment mean?)
   • enjambement (what does enjambement mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasis (what does emphasis mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • rhythm (what does rhythm mean?)
   • speech rhythm (what does speech rhythm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
   Synonym(s)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inflection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • manner of speaking (what does manner of speaking mean?)
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • delivery (what does delivery mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • tone (what does tone mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
   • modulate (what does modulate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • deviation from a straight or normal course
   Synonym(s)
   • flection (what does flection mean?)
   • flexion (what does flexion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inflection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • deviation (what does deviation mean?)
   • divergence (what does divergence mean?)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • difference (what does difference mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
   Synonym(s)
   • inflexion (what does inflexion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inflection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grammatical relation (what does grammatical relation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • conjugation (what does conjugation mean?)
   • declension (what does declension mean?)
   • paradigm (what does paradigm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)
   • inflect (what does inflect mean?)