inflection

inflection has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
• n.. A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
• n.. A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.
• n.. The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.
• n.. Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.
• n.. A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.
• n.. Same as Diffraction.
• n.. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
• n.. a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
• n.. deviation from a straight or normal course
• n.. a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function