See Also: inflection(medicine)
inflection(dictionary)
inflection(dictionary)

durative (iou) and inflection (oh)


durative (iou)



durative adjective & noun. L19.
[from DURATION + -IVE.]
A. adjective. Continuing; spec. in Grammar, denoting continuing action. L19.
b. noun. Grammar. A verb in the durative aspect. E20.
duratively adverb E20.
dura'tivity noun E20.

inflection (oh)



[U] technical the way in which a word changes its form to show a difference in its meaning or use
[C] technical one of the forms of a word that changes in this way, or one of the parts that is added to it
[U and C] the way the sound of your voice goes up and down when you are speaking
-- inflectional adj