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inflection

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
inflection noun
also British inflexion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
plural inflections
inflection
noun
also British inflexion /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
plural inflections
Britannica Dictionary definition of INFLECTION
: a rise or fall in the sound of a person's voice : a change in the pitch or tone of a person's voice
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grammar
[noncount] : a change in the form of a word that occurs when it has a particular use
[count] : a form of a word that occurs when it has a particular use : an inflected form
[count] : a part of a word (such as a suffix) that is used to change a word's form for a particular use

— inflectional

also British inflexional /ɪnˈflɛkʃənl̟/ adjective