inflection
/ɪnˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
ɪnˈflɛkʃən
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
ɪn - ˈflɛkʃən -> inflection
Myanmar meaning
(n) ပြောင်းထားသောစကားလုံးအဆုံးစတ်။(သဒ္ဒါ)ကိန်းကာလ ယောဂ ကိုလိုက်၍ စကားလုံးသဏ္ဌာန်ပြောင်းခြင်း။အသံထွက်အနိမ့်အမြင့်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်း။
Full entry
၁။ အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့် ပြောင်းလဲသည်။
၂။ (grammar ) ဝိဘတ်သွယ်သည်။ Russian is a highly inflected language.
❏ inflection (also inflexion ) /Çn'flekʃn/ n
၁။ (grammar ) (က) [U] ဝိဘတ်သွယ်ခြင်း။ (ခ) [C] ရုပ်ပြောင်းမှု။ Use the ‘ed’ inflection to indicate the past tense.
၂။ [U,C] အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့်ပြောင်းမှု။ subtlety of inflection ❍ an Irish inflection. Compare INTONATION ၁, STRESS ၃ (က)
More examples
- an Irish inflection. Compare INTONATION ၁, STRESS ၃ (က)
Synonyms
adjust, air, alter, alternate, announce, arc, arch, articulate, assert, assort, attune, balance, be unlike, bend, blow hot and cold, bow, buckle, bulge, change, coil, come out with, concave, convert, convex, crook, crumple, cry, curl, declare, deliver, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divert, divide, divulge, emphasize, enunciate, fine-tune, fluctuate, give expression, give utterance, gyrate, harmonize, hem and haw, hook, incurve, interchange, intonate, loop, modify, modulate, mutate, part, permutate, present, proclaim, pronounce, put, range, recount, regulate, restrain, revamp, round, say, separate, shilly-shally, skew, snake, sound, speak, spiral, stoop, swerve, switch, take turns, talk, tell, temper, tone, transform, transmogrify, tune, turn, tweak, twist, utter, variegate, vary, veer, vent, verbalize, vocalize, wind, wreathe, yo-yo
Antonyms
Cross references
Study this word
Pattern match
Example practice
Mini quizWhat is the Myanmar meaning of “inflection”?
Try to say the meaning first, then reveal the answer.