The meaning of Inflection

noun

The action or fact of accentuating or of being accentuated.

Usage examples:

The accentuation of the treasury's currency policy

noun

The act of emphasizing a particular feature of something or making something more noticeable, or an instance of this

Usage examples:

Accentuation when reading poetry is very important., the problems facing immigrants are accentuatio…

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

A part of a curve, especially a part of the circumference of a circle.

Usage examples:

The point where a tangential line touches the arc of a circle

verb

Move with a curving trajectory.

Usage examples:

The ball arced across the room

abbreviation

(in the uk) agricultural research council.

noun

A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

Usage examples:

The result brings to mind support structures for vaulted arches (for instance gaudi's sagrada famil…

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing.

Usage examples:

A somewhat arch tone of voice

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

Usage examples:

A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

A curved or angled part of something.

Usage examples:

Make a bend in the wire

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

verb

A curved stroke forming part of a letter (e.g. b, p ).

noun

An act of bending the head or upper body as a sign of respect or greeting.

Usage examples:

The man gave a little bow

noun

A modulation or inflection of the voice.

Usage examples:

His measured cadences never convey the character's underlying passion

noun

A regular rise and fall of sound, esp. of the human voice

Usage examples:

She spoke in the lyrical cadence of her east african accent.

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

noun

The variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as latin, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified.

Usage examples:

It was the conjugation of verbs he found most difficult

noun

The complete set of grammatical forms of a verb

Usage examples:

The conjugation of the french verb "avoir"

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

noun

The fact of being curved or the degree to which something is curved.

Usage examples:

Spinal curvature

noun

The state of being curved or bent, or the way in which something curves

Usage examples:

The curvature of the earth

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

verb

To form or move in the direction of a line that turns continuously and has no straight parts, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the road curves around the cemetery., a curve in a road

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Present participle of curve

Usage examples:

The road curves round to the left.

noun

(in the grammar of latin, greek, and certain other languages) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified.

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Gildersleeve and lodge's latin grammar has a discussion of the declension of greek nouns at pp.32-33.

noun

A group of nouns or adjectives that decline in the same way

Usage examples:

How many declensions are there in german?, rex is in the third declension

noun

Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.

Usage examples:

They placed great emphasis on the individual's freedom

noun

Special attention given to something because it is important or because you want it to be noticed, or an example of this

Usage examples:

[ u ] she paused for emphasis., [ u ] in schools, the emphasis on programming has declined in recen…

noun

An end or final part of something.

Usage examples:

The ending of the cold war

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

noun

The last part of a process, esp. the way in which something stops existing

Usage examples:

The movie’s ending is so romantic!, to make “dog” plural, you add the ending “-s.”

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

noun

The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

Usage examples:

She spoke english with a german intonation

noun

The sound changes produced by the rise and fall of the voice when speaking

noun

A characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.

Usage examples:

He spoke with a faint but recognizable irish lilt

verb

Speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.

Usage examples:

The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

noun

A gentle and pleasant rising and falling sound in a person's voice

Usage examples:

He's got that lovely irish lilt in his voice.

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

noun

The si base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system.

Usage examples:

Sit two metres away from the tv screen

noun

The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.

Usage examples:

The horatian ode has an intricate governing metre

noun

A unit of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to 100 centimetres or approximately 1.094 yards

Usage examples:

The property lies within approximately 150 metres from the construction site but would not be direc…

noun

The exertion of a modifying or controlling influence on something.

Usage examples:

Endorphins in the body are responsible for the modulation of pain sensation

noun

A change in the style, loudness, etc. of something such as your voice in order to achieve an effect or express an emotion

Usage examples:

The minister has evidently practised the modulation of her voice., the actors sit on stools and pre…

noun

A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound.

Usage examples:

Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing

An interval during which a recurring sequence occurs

noun

A regularly repeated pattern of sounds or beats used in music, poems, and dances

Usage examples:

[ c ] a jazz rhythm, [ u ] you need a sense of rhythm to be a good dancer., [ c ] the rhythm of a b…

noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.

Usage examples:

The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

verb

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances.

Usage examples:

In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

noun

Worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition

Usage examples:

[ u ] luis is under a lot of stress right now., [ c ] it’s hard to cope with the stresses of raisin…

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Usage examples:

Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

Usage examples:

The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

noun

A place where a road branches off from another.

Usage examples:

Take the first turning on the right

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

A place, especially a road, track, or path, where you can leave the road you are on

Usage examples:

Take the third turning on the left after the traffic lights.