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taivutus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bending noun The action of curving or forcing something out of a straight line.
  • conjugation noun The coming together of things; a union.
  • declension noun A falling off, decay or descent.
  • inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

Senses

taivutus is used for these senses in English:

  • bending Capable of being bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
  • conjugation (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
  • declension (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
  • inflection (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

bending — full definition

  1. noun The action of curving or forcing something out of a straight line.
  2. adjective Able to bend or flex without breaking.

conjugation — full definition

  1. noun The coming together of things; a union.
  2. noun The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
  3. noun Sexual relations within marriage.
  4. noun In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.

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