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Meanings of inflection in English

Portuguese
flexão

Deviation from a straight or normal course.

        flexão
        Russian
        флексия
        Portuguese
        flexão
        Spanish
        flexion
        Catalan
        flexió gramatical

        Modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case.

              флексия
              Portuguese
              prosódia
              Catalan
              prosòdia

              The patterns of stress and intonation in a language.

                    prosódia

                    A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.

                          Usage of inflection in English
                          1
                          The Performance Measures tool arrives at an inflection point for government transparency.
                          Wired
                          2
                          The state-level data could signal an inflection point muffled by national statistics.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          Loncar said approval of tisagenlecleucel would represent an inflection point for investors.
                          Reuters
                          4
                          She simply added to it. There was no inflection in her words.
                          Fragile Eternity
                          5
                          The inflection of her speech told him all he needed to know.
                          Immortal wolf
                          6
                          Prediction of an inflection point for rapid deformity progression has proven difficult.
                          Pubmed
                          7
                          One of the particles of cinder caused some inflection in 8 hrs.
                          Insectivorous Plants
                          8
                          A voice with a Southern German inflection relieved him of the decision.
                          Melnitz
                          9
                          Reliable reusable rockets will be an inflection point in making space accessible.
                          Wired
                          10
                          There was just a hint of a rising inflection in the accent.
                          The Precipice: A Novel
                          11
                          There was little of encouragement in the word with its accompanying inflection.
                          The Promise / A Tale of the Great Northwest
                          12
                          I hear her coming, the slamming of doors, the raised old-lady inflection.
                          Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
                          13
                          Owing to the weakness of the solution, inflection occurred, except in No.
                          Insectivorous Plants
                          14
                          A steady, clear inflection as if he were giving a nature-trail talk.
                          The blue edge of midnight
                          15
                          The professor found it difficult to say this with the proper inflection.
                          The Window-Gazer
                          16
                          In spite of himself, he had given the word an apologetic inflection.
                          Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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                          Translations for inflection
                          Inflection through the time
                          Inflection across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common