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A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

Answer for the clue "A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function ", 9 letters:
inflexion

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Word definitions for inflexion in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see inflection ; also see -xion .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function [syn: inflection ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of inflection English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inflexion \In*flex"ion\, n. Inflection.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Always the sound is superbly focused, the inflexion unanimous; it may be lean, but it is never thin. ▪ It is often divided into two lobes by an inflexion of its wall where it articulates with the pleuron. ▪ Its political inflexion ...

Usage examples of inflexion.

He omitted from it the five inflexions that would extend the summons beyond the world, since his intent was centred on the trapped ghosts of the vase.

It is a curious fact that in the more exalted passages in his speeches Cripps seems to have caught certain inflexions of voice from Churchill.

It will be a language with all the inflexions of verbs and nouns regular and all its constructions inevitable, each word clearly distinguishable from every other word in sound as well as spelling.

Thus not only are there several Wotan themes, but each varies in its inflexions and shades of tone color according to its dramatic circumstances.

Old Irish uses b-forms in these two functions, but distinguishes between future and consuetudinal in inflexion.