Plural of inflection
regular plural
The plural of inflection is inflections.
Forms of inflection
| Singular | inflection /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | inflections |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Inflections in a sentence
- It is the psychoanalytic inflections that elevate this book above so much recent “techlash” literature.2019 August 8, William Davies, “The Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour review – escape from dystopia”, in The Guardian. From the entry techlash
- I created a protolang (consisting mainly of phonology and inflections) to ensure realistic mutations.1998 November 9, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@ufl.edu>, “New Project”, in Conlang mailing list. From the entry protolang
- Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57. From the entry scoop
- "Electronic pads aren't sensitive enough yet to really reproduce his inflections.1990, Modern Drummer: MD. - Volume 14, Issues 7-12, page 170. From the entry velocitize
- Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry ending
Meaning of inflection
- noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given word class.
- noun An affix representing a given variation.
Questions about the plural of inflection
- What is the plural of inflection?
- The plural of inflection is inflections.
- Is inflection countable?
- Inflection is a countable and uncountable noun.
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