of, pertaining to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
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Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, esp. morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation. Compare agglutinative(def. 2), isolating.
The act of inflecting or the state of being inflected.
Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice.
Grammar
An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.
An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the -s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.
The paradigm of a word.
A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.
A turning or bending away from a course or position of alignment.
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