inflection
[noun]
Synonyms: accent, intonation, tone

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Related Idioms: tone of voice
Related Words: articulation, enunciation, pronunciation, timbre, tonality

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in‧flec‧tion , inflexion /ɪnˈflekʃən/ noun

1. [uncountable] technical the way in which a word changes its form to show a difference in its meaning or use

2. [countable] technical one of the forms of a word that changes in this way, or one of the parts that is added to it

3. [uncountable and countable] the way the sound of your voice goes up and down when you are speaking
—inflectional adjective

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