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# inflectional

adjective (inflectional)

«inflectional» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (grammar) To do with inflection: changing the form of words to show grammar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#m1)
2. Describing endings or languages that work this way: inflectional endings, an inflectional language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#m2)

### In the lessons

In grammar lessons: English inflectional endings are -s (plural, he walks), -'s (possessive), -ed, -ing, -en, -er and -est. They change grammar but not the basic meaning or word class. Phrases: inflectional ending, inflectional morphology, inflectional suffix.

### Examples

- «-ing» is an inflectional ending. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x1)
- Inflectional suffixes don't change the word class: «walk» and «walked» are both verbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x2)
- Russian and Ukrainian have many inflectional endings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x3)
- The teacher listed English's eight inflectional endings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x4)
- «Happiness» uses a derivational suffix, not an inflectional one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x5)
- «Biggest» uses the inflectional ending «-est». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from «inflection». Contrast: inflectional suffixes (-s, -ed) keep the word in its class; derivational suffixes (-ness, -ly) can make a new word. A technical grammar word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inflectional» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inflectional» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inflectional.html) on Mova free.