inflection

English Thesaurus

1. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	delivery, manner of speaking, speech,
definition	:	your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	intonation, modulation, pitch contour,
definition	:	rise and fall of the voice pitch (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	caesura,
definition	:	a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	enjambement, enjambment,
definition	:	the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	accent, emphasis, stress,
definition	:	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	rhythm, speech rhythm,
definition	:	the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements (noun.communication)

2. a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	delivery, manner of speaking, speech,
definition	:	your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally (noun.communication)

3. deviation from a straight or normal course (noun.event)

hypernym	:	departure, deviation, difference, divergence,
definition	:	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm (noun.event)

4. a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	grammatical relation,
definition	:	a linguistic relation established by grammar (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	conjugation,
definition	:	the inflection of verbs (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	declension,
definition	:	the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	paradigm,
definition	:	systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word (noun.linkdef)

hyponym	:	pluralisation, pluralization,
definition	:	the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to (noun.linkdef)

5. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication)

derivation	:	inflect, modulate, tone,
definition	:	vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)

6. a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified (noun.communication)

derivation	:	modulate,
definition	:	adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of (verb.change)

derivation	:	inflect, modulate, tone,
definition	:	vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)

7. a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	inflect,
definition	:	change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language (verb.communication)

derivation	:	inflectional,
definition	:	characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions (adj.all)

8. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication)

derivation	:	inflect, modulate, tone,
definition	:	vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)

9. a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified (noun.communication)

derivation	:	modulate,
definition	:	adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of (verb.change)

derivation	:	inflect, modulate, tone,
definition	:	vary the pitch of one's speech (verb.communication)

10. a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function (noun.linkdef)

derivation	:	inflect,
definition	:	change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language (verb.communication)

derivation	:	inflectional,
definition	:	characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions (adj.all)