Declension
[dɪ'klenʃ(ə)n] or [dɪ'klɛnʃən]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages.
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Definition
(n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
(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.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
(n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
(n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
(n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay, diminution, falling off.[2]. (Gram.) Inflection, variation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Decay, decadence, degeneration, deterioration, fall
ANT:Bise, improvement, advancement, culmination
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Definition
n. a falling off: decay: descent: (gram.) change of termination for the oblique cases.
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Examples
- Portugal, however, is but a very small part of Europe, and the declension of Spain is not, perhaps, so great as is commonly imagined. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension of the society. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To him our schools are also indebted for the method of teaching foreign languages b y declensions, conjugations, vocabularies, formal rhetoric and annotations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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