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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECLENSION

From Latin dēclīnātiō, literally: a bending aside, hence variation, inflection.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECLENSION

declension  [dɪˈklɛnʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECLENSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Declension is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECLENSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Declension

In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number, case, and gender. A declension is also a group of nouns that follow a particular pattern of inflection. Declension occurs in many of the world's languages, and features very prominently in many European languages. Old English was a highly inflected language, as befits its Indo-European and especially its Germanic linguistic ancestry, but its declensions greatly simplified as it evolved into Modern English.

Definition of declension in the English dictionary

The first definition of declension in the dictionary is inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender. Other definition of declension is the complete set of the inflections of such a word. Declension is also a decline or deviation from a standard, belief, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECLENSION


apprehension
ˌæprɪˈhɛnʃən
ascension
əˈsɛnʃən
attention
əˈtɛnʃən
comprehension
ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnʃən
contention
kənˈtɛnʃən
convention
kənˈvɛnʃən
detention
dɪˈtɛnʃən
dimension
dɪˈmɛnʃən
extension
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
hypertension
ˌhaɪpəˈtɛnʃən
intention
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
intervention
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃən
invention
ɪnˈvɛnʃən
mention
ˈmɛnʃən
pension
ˈpɛnʃən
prevention
prɪˈvɛnʃən
recension
rɪˈsɛnʃən
retention
rɪˈtɛnʃən
suspension
səˈspɛnʃən
tension
ˈtɛnʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECLENSION

declared
declaredly
declarer
declass
declassifiable
declassification
declassified
declassifies
declassify
declaw
declensional
declensionally
declinable
declinal
declinant
declinate
declination
declinational
declinator
declinatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECLENSION

air suspension
coefficient of expansion
commission
disability pension
en pension
Executive Mansion
expansion
file extension
hair extension
hyperextension
hypotension
incomprehension
independent suspension
low-tension
mansion
old age pension
reading comprehension
retirement pension
surface tension
thermal expansion
third dimension

Synonyms and antonyms of declension in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECLENSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «declension» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of declension

Translation of «declension» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECLENSION

Find out the translation of declension to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of declension from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «declension» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

变格
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

declinación
570 millions of speakers

English

declension
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवनति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنحراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

склонение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

declinação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দরুপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déclinaison
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Deklination
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

語形変化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기울어 짐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Declension
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biến cách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उतरती कळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerileme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

declinazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deklinacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмінювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

declin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbuiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deklination
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

declension
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of declension

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLENSION»

The term «declension» is very widely used and occupies the 16.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLENSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «declension» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «declension» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about declension

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECLENSION»

Discover the use of declension in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to declension and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Celtic Declension
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ... Carnuntum, Carnuntes.
Whitley Stokes, 2012
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Cardiovascular English
1st declension fem. · Syrinx, pl. syringes, gen. syringis. Syrinx. 3rd declension. T · Talus, pl. tali, gen. tali. Talus. 2nd declension masc. · Tarsus, pl. tarsi, gen. tarsi. Tarsus. 2nd declension masc. · Tectum, pl. tecta, gen. tecti. Roof. 2nd declension  ...
Ramón Ribes, Sergio Mejía Viana, 2008
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A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin: Newly Revised for ...
3. Second. Declension. Nouns;. What's. an. Adjective? THE. SECOND. DECLENSION. You'll have no trouble understanding the concepts in this chapter, if you've been paying attention to the specialized vocabulary of grammar.Can you tell me ...
Dale A. Grote, 2000
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A Study of the Analogical Extension of the Mongolian ...
... but also shows a hidden-g form in the ablative: godoŋgoos. dur 'wish, inclination' takes hidden-n before the dative/locative and ablative but has a consonant- declension genitive, duriiŋ. manlay 'leader' takes a hidden-n form in the genitive ...
Mikael Adrian Thompson, 2008
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Laodicea: or, Religious declension, an essay
David Everard Ford. to a more tranquil state of mind. And, in the course of time, he would learn to regard these things as though he had been accustomed to them all his days. But, to find in this instance a parallel to the case of the religious  ...
David Everard Ford, 1844
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Latin Alive and Well: An Introductory Text
2nd Declension Nouns lst-2nd Declension Adjectives Noun and Adjective Agreement Present Indicative of sum, esse, fui, futurus III Objectives To enable you to: 1 . recognize and decline 2nd Declension Masculine and Neuter Nouns; ...
Peggy L. Chambers, 2007
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Surgical English
Small pouch. 2nd declension masc. Saccus ○ , pl. sacci, gen. sacci. Pouch. 2nd declension masc. Sacrum ○ , pl. sacra, gen. sacri. Sacral bone (lit. sacred vessel ). 2nd declension neut. Salpinx ○ , pl. salpinges, gen. salpingis. Fallopian tube.
Ramón Ribes, Pedro J. Aranda, John Giba, 2010
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Radiological English
2nd declension masc. · Saccus, pl. sacci, gen. sacci. Pouch. 2nd declension masc. · Sacrum, pl. sacra, gen. sacri. Sacral bone (lit. sacred vessel). 2nd declension neut. · Salpinx, pl. salpinges, gen. salpingis. Fallopian tube. 3rd declension.
Ramón Ribes, Pablo R. Ros, 2006
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Primary Care English
2nd declension neut. · Peritoneum, pl. peritonea, gen. peritonei. Peritoneum. 2nd declension neut. · Peroneus m., pl. peronei, gen. peronei. Peroneal bone. 2nd declension masc. · Petechia, pl. petechiae, gen. petechiae. Petechiae (tiny ...
Ramón Ribes, Isabel Garcia Gimeno, Roger Jones, 2007
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The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship
The first nominal declension 118 4.2.1. The first-declension nominative singular 118 4.2.2. The first-declension genitive singular 120 4.2.3. The first-declension dative singular 122 4.2.4. The first-declension accusative singular 123 4.2.5.
Gabriël C. L. M. Bakkum, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECLENSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term declension is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rosie Perez quits The View and breaks down in tears saying 'Today …
Staff were told of the 50-year-old co-host's declension late Tuesday in a memo from executive producer Bill Wolff but most fans found out from ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Sensex gains 146.99 points, Nifty closes at 8484.90
The BSE Sensex recovered the psychological 28K level in today's trading session. A small declension had hit the benchmark index below 28K ... «The Wiire, Jul 15»
3
Strategies for Israel After Failed American Diplomacy
... partially unseen effects upon regional war and peace. Chaos represents much more than a merely possible regional declension. It is already ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
4
100 Resources To Learn to Speak Another Language
Polish Lessons range from basic grammar to more advanced topics like declension and tenses. An Abbreviated Dictionary of Ch'orti' Maya ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
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Dan Bushman was the face of Biglerville HS
... and I'll admit that to this day I couldn't conjugate a verb or accurately determine a declension if my life depended on it. But I remember much ... «Gettysburg Times, Jun 15»
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Egyptian court Upholds Death Sentence for Morsi
Tuesdayâ Ös ruling reaffirms an initial declension in the case in May, in which Morsi and more than 100 others were sentenced to death. In keeping with ... «Prensa Latina, Jun 15»
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Brian Lenihan remembered
“They have the wrong declension”. I thought they probably had. Actually he wore his intelligence lightly. You didn't have a sense of someone ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
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The Hostile Renegotiation of the Professor-Student Relationship
The Kipnis and Bauerlein essays are, as Kramer notes, "Two different kinds of declension narratives, each yearning to return to a time now past ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
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Is the plural of octopus 'octopi' or 'octopuses'?
The -us in octopus is thus a relic of the Greek pous for "foot," not the second-declension masculine Latin ending whose plural form is -i. «Mother Nature Network, Jun 15»
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Don't Sex With East Texas
Every day, I sat there reading the plays of Beckett and Ionesco, their spiritual declension deepening my own. “More coffee?” the girl said, in her ... «Oxford American, May 15»

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