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κλίση — meaning in English

klisi

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English meaning

  • batter verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  • conjugation noun The coming together of things; a union.
  • declension noun A falling off, decay or descent.
  • disposition noun A person's natural way of feeling, thinking, or behaving; temperament.
  • hill noun A raised area of land, smaller and less steep than a mountain.
  • inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  • proclivity noun A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity noun A natural tendency or inclination to behave or think in a particular way.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • vocation noun A job or career that someone feels strongly called or suited to, especially one seen as more than just a way to earn money.

Senses

κλίση is used for these senses in English:

  • batter (architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
  • conjugation (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
  • conjugation (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
  • disposition Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
  • hill A sloping road.
  • inflection (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  • proclivity A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.

batter — full definition

  1. verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  2. noun A liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk used in baking or to coat food before frying.
  3. noun In cricket or baseball, the player at bat.

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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