declension

  • 21declension — de·clen·sion || dɪ klenʃn n. (Grammar) variation of the form (of a noun, verb, etc.); decline, descent, slope …

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  • 22declension — [dɪ klɛnʃ(ə)n] noun 1》 Grammar the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified.     ↘the class to which a noun or adjective is assigned according to this variation. 2》… …

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  • 23declension — n. 1. Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay, diminution, falling off. 2. (Gram.) Inflection, variation; mode of inflection. 3. Refusal, declination, declinature, nonacceptance …

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  • 24declension — noun (C) technical 1 the set of various forms that a noun, pronoun, or adjective can have according to whether it is the subject 1 (5), object 1 (6) etc of a sentence in a language such as Latin or German 2 a particular set of nouns etc that all… …

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  • 25declension — de·clen·sion …

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  • 26declension —   n. decline; Grammar, group of nouns with same inflection; naming the inflections of nouns.    ♦ declensional, a …

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  • 27declension —   See conjugation …

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  • 28declension — n. 1 Gram. a the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified. b the class in which a noun etc. is put according to the exact form of this variation. 2 deterioration,… …

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  • 29Latin declension — Latin grammar Verb Conjugation Subjunctive by attraction Indirect Statement Declension Ablative Usages Dative Usages Latin is an inflected language, and as such has nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that must be declined in order to serve a… …

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  • 30Old High German declension — Old High German is an inflected language, and as such its nouns, pronouns, and adjectives must be declined in order to serve a grammatical function. A set of declined forms of the same word pattern is called a declension. There are five… …

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