Look up: declension

1. declension
   [n] - the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages 2. [n] - a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
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2. Declension
   De·clen'sion noun [ Apparently corrupted from French déclinaison , from Latin declinatio , from declinare . See Decline , and confer Declination .] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent;...
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3. declension
   noun 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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4. declension
   noun the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
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5. Declension
   • (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. • (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. • (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a d...
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6. declension
   (from the article `Greek language`) Not counting the vocative case, the Greek declension in the Mycenaean period still contained five cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, ... ...from isolated forms, the locative (indicating place or place where) into the ablative case (originally indicating the relations of separation and ... Bec...
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7. declension
   declension: see inflection.
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8. Declension
   In grammar, declension is the aggregate of the inflections or changes of form which nouns, pronouns, and adjectives receive in certain languages according to their meaning or relation to other words in a sentence, such variations being comprehended under the three heads of number, gender, and case, the latter being the most numerous.
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9. Declension
   In linguistics, `declension` is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and articles to indicate number (at least singular and plural), case (nominative or subjective, genitive or possessive, etc.), and gender. A declension is also a group of nouns that follow a particular pattern of i...
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