inflection

Noun

Meaning

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.

A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection.

The variation or change which words undergo to mark case, gender, number, comparison, tense, person, mood, voice, etc.

Any change or modification in the pitch or tone of the voice.

A departure from the monotone, or reciting note, in chanting.

Same as Diffraction.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flexion modulation flection turn tone bending conjugation intonation prosody inflexion declension burr bend cadence purpose
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Antonyms

still remain continue stay resolve lock
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Hypernyms

difference speech delivery departure deviation divergence

Hyponyms

modulation emphasis stress rhythm accent paradigm

Related terms

inflect inflected

Phrases with the word

perfect inflection grammatical inflection vocal inflection nasal inflection lacking inflection morphological inflection

Examples

For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration. Anaïs Nin

The performance of Reliance shows an amazing trend when mapped against time. The inflection point was 1991. We grew exponentially, eventually becoming India's biggest private enterprise, on the basis of freedom to compete against the best in the world. Mukesh Ambani

Print altered not only the spelling and grammar but the accentuation and inflection of languages, and made "bad grammar” possible. Marshall McLuhan

Most of the time we are punished if we go against the trend. Only at an inflection point are we rewarded. George Soros

Writers have to be observant. Every nuance, every inflection in a voice, the quality of air, even - they all get mixed up in this soup of the story developing in our minds. Susan Vreeland

A declension is also a group of nouns that follow a particular pattern of inflection. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

inflectable inflected inflectedness inflection point inflectional inflectional changes