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Declension Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Declension? [n] 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" [n] a downward slope or bend [n] process of changing to an inferior state [n] the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages Synonyms \| Synonyms for Declension: declination \| decline \| decline in quality \| declivity \| descent \| deterioration \| downslope \| fall \| worsening Related Terms \| Find terms related to Declension: abnegation \| accidence \| affix \| affixation \| allomorph \| bound morpheme \| cascade \| catabasis \| cataract \| chute \| collapse \| comedown \| conjugation \| contradiction \| crash \| cutting \| debacle \| debasement \| decadence \| decadency \| deceleration \| declination \| declinature \| decline \| decline and fall \| declining \| decrescendo \| defluxion \| deformation \| degeneracy \| degenerateness \| degeneration \| degradation \| demotion \| denial \| depravation \| depravedness \| depreciation \| deprivation \| derivation \| derogation \| descending \| descension \| descent \| deterioration \| devolution \| difference of form \| dilapidation \| diminuendo \| disagreement \| disallowance \| disclaimer \| disclamation \| disobedience \| dissent \| dive \| down \| downbend \| downcome \| downcurve \| downfall \| downflow \| downgrade \| downpour \| downrush \| downtrend \| downturn \| downward mobility \| downward trend \| drop \| dropping \| dwindling \| dying \| ebb \| effeteness \| enclitic \| fading \| failing \| fall \| falling \| falling-off \| formative \| free form \| gravitation \| holding back \| IC analysis \| immediate constituent analysis \| inclination \| infix \| infixation \| inflection \| involution \| lapse \| loss of tone \| morph \| morpheme \| morphemic analysis \| morphemics \| morphology \| morphophonemics \| nay \| negation \| negative \| negative answer \| nix \| no \| nonacceptance \| noncompliance \| nonconsent \| nonobservance \| paradigm \| plummeting \| plunge \| pounce \| prefix \| prefixation \| proclitic \| radical \| rapids \| recantation \| refusal \| regression \| rejection \| remission \| repudiation \| retention \| retreat \| retrocession \| retrogradation \| retrogression \| root \| ruination \| slippage \| slowdown \| slump \| stem \| stoop \| subsidence \| suffix \| suffixation \| swoop \| theme \| thumbs-down \| turndown \| unwillingness \| wane \| waterfall \| withholding \| word-formation See Also \| category \| class \| decline \| diminution \| downhill \| family \| incline \| inflection \| inflexion \| noun \| side \| slope \| steep Declension In Webster's Dictionary \De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d['e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. --T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. --Shak. 3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 4. (Gram.) (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc. (c) Rehearsing a word as declined. Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. --Harris. {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle.

Declension Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Declension?

[n] 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"
[n] a downward slope or bend
[n] process of changing to an inferior state
[n] the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

Declension In Webster's Dictionary

\De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F.
d['e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See
{Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.]
1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent;
   slope.

         The declension of the land from that place to the
         sea.                                  --T. Burnet.

2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency;
   deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of
   science, of a state, etc.

         Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To
         base declension.                      --Shak.

3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a
   declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

4. (Gram.)
   (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to
       the grammatical cases.
   (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by
       cases; as, the first or the second declension of
       nouns, adjectives, etc.
   (c) Rehearsing a word as declined.

Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original
      form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the
      variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings
      (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the
      nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the
      various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from
      the noun's upright form, was called a declension.
      --Harris.

{Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle.

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