inflection
5 synonyms for inflection, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (grammar) The way words change their form to show grammatical features such as tense or number.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
From the older spelling inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, which was itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ comes from the influence of inflect or related words such as correction.
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