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declension
de·clen·sion
(dĭ-klĕn′shən)n.
1. Linguistics
a. In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.
b. A class of words of one language with the same or a similar system of inflections, such as the first declension in Latin.
2. A descending slope; a descent.
3. A decline or decrease; deterioration: "States and empires have their periods of declension" (Laurence Sterne).
4. A deviation, as from a standard or practice.
[Middle English declenson, from Old French declinaison, from Latin dēclīnātiō, dēclīnātiōn-, grammatical declension, declination; see declination.]
de·clen′sion·al adj.
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declension
(dɪˈklɛnʃən)n
1. (Grammar) grammar
a. the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
b. the complete set of the inflections of such a word: "puella" is a first-declension noun in Latin.
2. a decline or deviation from a standard, belief, etc
3. a downward slope or bend
[C15: from Latin dēclīnātiō, literally: a bending aside, hence variation, inflection; see decline]
deˈclensional adj
deˈclensionally adv
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de•clen•sion
(dɪˈklɛn ʃən)n.
1.
a. the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number.
b. the whole set of inflected forms of such a word, or the recital thereof in a fixed order.
c. a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms: the Latin second declension.
2. a bending, sloping, or moving downward.
3. deterioration; decline.
[1400–50; < Old French declinaison < Latin dēclīnātiō declination]
de•clen′sion•al, adj.
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declension
An inflection or set of inflections for a noun, pronoun, or adjective.
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| Noun | 1. | declension - the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages noun - the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition inflection, inflexion - a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function |
| 2. | declension - process of changing to an inferior state decline, diminution - change toward something smaller or lower drop-off, falling off, falloff, slump, slack - a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" | |
| 3. | declension - a downward slope or bend downhill - the downward slope of a hill incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" steep - a steep place (as on a hill) | |
| 4. | declension - a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin" |
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declension
nounDescent to a lower level or condition:
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Translations
deklinaceskloňování
taivutus
declinatio
declinare
sklanjatev
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declension
n (Gram) → Deklination f
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