Definition of Inflections

1. Noun. (plural of inflection) ¹

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Definition of Inflections

1. inflection [n] - See also: inflection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflections

inflators
inflatus
inflect
inflectable
inflected
inflecting
inflection
inflection point
inflection points
inflectional
inflectional ending
inflectional morphology
inflectional suffix
inflectionally
inflectionless
inflections
inflective
inflector
inflectors
inflects
inflesh
infleshed
infleshes
infleshing
inflex
inflexed
inflexes
inflexibilities
inflexibility
inflexible

Literary usage of Inflections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"The comparative indistinctness of the plural inflections is probably the result of the case-inflections having blended with the' following ..."

2. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1900)
"Inflections. OLD ENGLISH. 1023. In OE the adjectives have the three genders of nouns, and the same inflections, though with partially different forms, ..."

3. New Science of Elocution: The Elements and Principles of Vocal Expression in by S. S. Hamill (1886)
"Inflections. Inflections are changes in Pitch either upward or downward through the concrete movement. They are special combinations of Pitch and Movement, ..."

4. The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice by Ebenezer Porter (1854)
"Inflections. Description of Inflections. THE absolute modifications of the voice in speaking are four; namely, monotone, rising inflection, ..."

5. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"A thousand years ago our own language also abounded in inflections, ... Nouns and pronouns have inflections of number which show whether they refer to one ..."

6. Elocution and Action by Frank Townsend Southwick (1903)
"Minor Inflections. The rising and falling inflections used iu ordinary ... We have also minor inflections, used in expressions of pity, Weakness, or horror. ..."

7. King's College Lectures on Elocution: Or, The Physiology and Culture of by Charles John Plumptre (1881)
"%v$, Theory of the Inflections of the Human Voice—Practical illustration—Inflections of the Voice as a means of expression natural to ..."

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