"inflection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/ Audio: en-us-inflection.ogg Forms: inflections [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: From older inflexion, borrowed from Middle French inflexion, itself borrowed from Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”). The English spelling with ⟨ct⟩ is due to influence from inflect or related words like correction. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃enh₂-}}, {{bor|en|frm|inflexion}} Middle French inflexion, {{der|en|la|inflexio|inflexiōnem|lit=bending|t=alteration}} Latin inflexiōnem (“alteration”, literally “bending”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)
  1. (grammar, uncountable) A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories. Wikidata QID: Q207857 Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function): eptim (Albanian), թեքում (tʻekʻum) (Armenian), килеш менән үҙгәреү (kileş menən üźgərew) (Bashkir), склоне́ние (sklonénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), flexió [feminine] (Catalan), 詞形變化 (Chinese Mandarin), 词形变化 (cí xíng biànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 曲折變化 (Chinese Mandarin), 曲折变化 (Chinese Mandarin), κλίσις (klísis) [feminine] (Classical Greek), κίνημα (kínēma) [neuter] (Classical Greek), κίνησις (kínēsis) [feminine] (Classical Greek), flexe [feminine] (Czech), ohýbání [neuter] (Czech), flexie [feminine] (Dutch), taivutus (Finnish), flexion [feminine] (French), ფლექსია (pleksia) (Georgian), მიმოხრა (mimoxra) (Georgian), მოღუნვა (moɣunva) (Georgian), Flexion [feminine] (German), Beugung [feminine] (German), Biegung [feminine] (German), rag (english: the ending itself) (Hungarian), ragozás (english: the phenomenon) (Hungarian), beyging [feminine] (Icelandic), infleksi (Indonesian), desinenza [feminine] (Italian), flessione [feminine] (Italian), 語形変化 (gokei henka) (alt: ごけいへんか) (Japanese), 굴절 (guljeol) (alt: 屈折) (Korean), 어형변화 (eohyeongbyeonhwa) (alt: 語形變化) (Korean), flexio [feminine] (Latin), flexura [feminine] (Latin), locīšana [feminine] (Latvian), fihilan-teny (Malagasy), yn-filley [masculine] (Manx), κλίση (klísi) [feminine] (Modern Greek), хувирал (xuviral) (Mongolian), bøyning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bøying [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bøying [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ġebīeġednes [feminine] (Old English), تصریف (tasrif) (Persian), odmiana [feminine] (Polish), fleksja [feminine] (Polish), flexão [feminine] (Portuguese), flexiune [feminine] (Romanian), фле́ксия (fléksija) [feminine, formal] (Russian), оконча́ние (okončánije) [formal, neuter] (Russian), словоизмене́ние (slovoizmenénije) [neuter] (Russian), измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва (izmenénije fórmy slóva) [neuter] (Russian), fleksija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ohýbanie (Slovak), flexión [feminine] (Spanish), böjning [common-gender] (Swedish), sabaylo (Tagalog), оҳанг (ohang) (Tajik), словозмі́на (slovozmína) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ffurfdro [masculine] (Welsh), ffurfdroad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-en:Q207857 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mongolian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 11 13 19 19 6 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 10 12 18 21 5 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 20 9 10 21 26 4 7 3 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function': 47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0
  2. (grammar, countable) An instance of such change. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-h-i~dmdh Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 11 13 19 19 6 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (grammar, countable) An instance of such change.
    (grammar) An affix representing such an instance.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-GHUQdhdH Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mongolian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 11 13 19 19 6 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 10 12 18 21 5 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 20 9 10 21 26 4 7 3 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (grammar, countable) Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-GSM1vDX2 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 11 13 19 19 6 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 10 12 18 21 5 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 20 9 10 21 26 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 17 14 15 22 14 5 10 2 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. A change in pitch or tone of voice. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (change in pitch or tone of voice): модулация (modulacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inflexió [feminine] (Catalan), modulation (Danish), äänenkorkeuden muutos (note: of pitch) (Finnish), äänensävyn muutos (note: of tone) (Finnish), Betonung [feminine] (German), raddblær [masculine] (Icelandic), inflessione [feminine] (Italian), cadenza [feminine] (Italian), calata [feminine] (Italian), modulazione [feminine] (Italian), intonazione [feminine] (Italian), ялгаллахуй (jalgallaxuj) (Mongolian), modulacja [feminine] (Polish), inflexão [feminine] (Portuguese), entonação [feminine] (Portuguese), inflexiune [feminine] (Romanian), модуля́ция (moduljácija) [feminine] (Russian), infleksija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inflexión [feminine] (Spanish), модуляція (moduljacija) [masculine] (Ukrainian), зміна інтонації (zmina intonaciji) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-fUu51dGX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 7 22 29 4 5 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 4 4 16 49 3 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 4 4 23 32 4 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 3 3 24 36 2 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 11 13 19 19 6 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 7 9 19 31 6 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 9 11 20 26 5 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 5 6 19 43 3 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 6 8 19 32 4 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 7 8 18 36 4 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 6 7 19 33 5 11 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 5 7 19 35 5 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 10 12 18 21 5 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 5 7 19 37 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 5 7 19 37 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 5 7 19 37 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Malagasy translations: 18 6 8 19 32 4 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 8 10 18 29 5 7 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 20 9 10 21 26 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 8 10 20 30 4 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 25 4 5 23 36 2 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 9 11 20 28 4 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 7 12 19 30 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 5 7 19 37 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 5 7 21 34 3 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 7 8 19 37 3 6 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 7 9 20 31 4 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 18 6 8 19 33 4 11 2 Disambiguation of 'change in pitch or tone of voice': 9 2 2 7 75 3 1 1
  6. (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave): käänne (Finnish), κάμψη (kámpsi) [feminine] (Greek), λύγισμα (lýgisma) [neuter] (Greek), inflexió (Hungarian), inflessione [feminine] (Italian), aachassey [masculine] (Manx), inflexão [feminine] (Portuguese), inflexiune [feminine] (Romanian), переги́б (peregíb) [neuter] (Russian), сгиба́ние (sgibánije) [neuter] (Russian), фле́ксия (fléksija) (english: medical) [feminine] (Russian), infleksija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inflexionspunkt [common-gender] (Swedish), перегин (perehyn) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-QS3UlXE4 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave': 5 3 3 3 5 76 5 0
  7. A turning away from a straight course. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (turning away from a straight course): թեքում (tʻekʻum) (Armenian), отклонение (otklonenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), afvigelse (Danish), bocht (Dutch), suunnanmuutos (Finnish), inflexion (French), lhoobey [masculine] (Manx), ġebīeġednes [feminine] (Old English), inflexão [feminine] (Portuguese), desvio [masculine] (Portuguese), отклоне́ние (otklonénije) [neuter] (Russian), otklon [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), inflexión (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-l76Hia6~ Disambiguation of 'turning away from a straight course': 2 2 2 4 1 5 83 1
  8. (optometry) Diffraction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inflection-en-noun-PSBjnznM Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 10 12 18 21 5 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 11 12 19 21 5 6 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flection, flexion, inflexion Hyponyms: comparison [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], conjugation [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], declension [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], declination [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], desinential inflection [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: inflection point (english: point of inflection) Related terms: inflect, inflected

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cí xíng biànhuà",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "曲折變化"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "flexe"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "word": "ohýbání"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "flexie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "taivutus"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "flexion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pleksia",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "ფლექსია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mimoxra",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "მიმოხრა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moɣunva",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "მოღუნვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Flexion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Beugung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Biegung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Classical Greek",
          "roman": "klísis",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κλίσις"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Classical Greek",
          "roman": "kínēma",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "κίνημα"
        },
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          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
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          "alt": "屈折",
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          "roman": "guljeol",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
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          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
          "word": "어형변화"
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          "word": "flexura"
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "word": "odmiana"
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "word": "flexão"
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          "word": "flexiune"
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          "word": "фле́ксия"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "word": "flexión"
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "_dis1": "47 5 5 13 17 12 1 0",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "morphologic",
          "morphologic"
        ],
        [
          "grammatical",
          "grammatical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, uncountable) A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q207857"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q207857"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an inflection for gender, number, or tense",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of such change."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, countable) An instance of such change."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of such change.",
        "An affix representing such an instance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "affix",
          "affix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, countable) An instance of such change.",
        "(grammar) An affix representing such an instance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Recite every inflection for each of these words.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "principal parts",
          "principal part#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "declension",
          "declension"
        ],
        [
          "conjugation",
          "conjugation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar, countable) Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts for any given stem: any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If he's lying, his inflection changes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A change in pitch or tone of voice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "concave",
          "concave"
        ],
        [
          "convex",
          "convex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "inflection from the rules",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A turning away from a straight course."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Diffraction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Diffraction",
          "diffraction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(optometry) Diffraction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-inflection.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/En-us-inflection.ogg/En-us-inflection.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-us-inflection.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkʃən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "flection"
    },
    {
      "word": "flexion"
    },
    {
      "word": "inflexion"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "eptim"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻekʻum",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "թեքում"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kileş menən üźgərew",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "килеш менән үҙгәреү"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sklonénie",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "склоне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "詞形變化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cí xíng biànhuà",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "词形变化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "曲折變化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "曲折变化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ohýbání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "taivutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pleksia",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "ფლექსია"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mimoxra",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "მიმოხრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moɣunva",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "მოღუნვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flexion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Biegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Classical Greek",
      "roman": "klísis",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλίσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Classical Greek",
      "roman": "kínēma",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κίνημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Classical Greek",
      "roman": "kínēsis",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κίνησις"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Modern Greek",
      "roman": "klísi",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλίση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the ending itself",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "rag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the phenomenon",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "ragozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beyging"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "infleksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desinenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flessione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごけいへんか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokei henka",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "語形変化"
    },
    {
      "alt": "屈折",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guljeol",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "굴절"
    },
    {
      "alt": "語形變化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eohyeongbyeonhwa",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "어형변화"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexura"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "locīšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "fihilan-teny"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yn-filley"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xuviral",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "хувирал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bøyning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bøying"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bøying"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġebīeġednes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tasrif",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "تصریف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "odmiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fleksja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fléksija",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "фле́ксия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okončánije",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оконча́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slovoizmenénije",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "словоизмене́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izmenénije fórmy slóva",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "измене́ние фо́рмы сло́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fleksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "ohýbanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flexión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "böjning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "sabaylo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ohang",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "word": "оҳанг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slovozmína",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "словозмі́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffurfdro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffurfdroad"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "modulacija",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "модулация"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexió"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "word": "modulation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of pitch",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "word": "äänenkorkeuden muutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of tone",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "word": "äänensävyn muutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Betonung"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raddblær"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflessione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cadenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "jalgallaxuj",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "word": "ялгаллахуй"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modulacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entonação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moduljácija",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "модуля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infleksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexión"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "moduljacija",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "модуляція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zmina intonaciji",
      "sense": "change in pitch or tone of voice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зміна інтонації"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "word": "käänne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kámpsi",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κάμψη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lýgisma",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "λύγισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "word": "inflexió"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflessione"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aachassey"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexiune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peregíb",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "переги́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sgibánije",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сгиба́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "medical",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fléksija",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фле́ксия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infleksija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "inflexionspunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perehyn",
      "sense": "change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перегин"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻekʻum",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "թեքում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonenie",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отклонение"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "afvigelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "bocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "suunnanmuutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "inflexion"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lhoobey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġebīeġednes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inflexão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklonénije",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отклоне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "turning away from a straight course",
      "word": "inflexión"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflection"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: optometry",
  "path": [
    "inflection"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "inflection",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: optometry",
  "path": [
    "inflection"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "inflection",
  "trace": ""
}

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