inflection
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Types & categories
- grammatical relation hypernym
- conjugation hyponym
- declension hyponym
- paradigm hyponym
- pluralization hyponym
Related & opposite
- inflect derivation
- inflectional derivation
Sense 2 noun
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Types & categories
- manner of speaking hypernym
- intonation hyponym
- caesura hyponym
- enjambment hyponym
- stress hyponym
- speech rhythm hyponym
Related & opposite
- tone derivation
Sense 3 noun
deviation from a straight or normal course
Types & categories
- deviation hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
Types & categories
- manner of speaking hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflectional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grammatical relation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjugation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | declension |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paradigm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pluralization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tone |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | manner of speaking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intonation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | caesura |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enjambment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | speech rhythm |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deviation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | modulate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tone |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | manner of speaking |