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declension

How to use declension in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for declension.

Editorial note

Learn rules, draw tables with tenses, declension rules and so on.

Examples10
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of declension gathered in one view.

noun

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

noun

process of changing to an inferior state

noun

a downward slope or bend

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for declension.

noun

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

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"

Example sentences

1

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2

But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension, of the society.

3

As far as I recall, it's mostly duo, ambo, and 2nd declension nouns by analogy in archaizing poetic passages.

4

I suspect some people are missing the declension here:* I am a temporarily embarrassed millionaire.

5

He/she probably means grammatical case declension for subjects, objects, possessives and whatnot.

6

'Ancilla' [female slave, I was taught] is translated: maid, handmaiden, women, and ancillary, depending on declension?

7

* the noun-to-verb-to-adjective declension is not compatible with the structure of meaning, and so cannot be extended in a consistent, predictable way.

8

I think the corpus of latin/english translations is not large enough, because the translation of even the basest schoolboy latin seems mangled; different declensions of the same word get different translations.

9

It's a mistake I usually make too, being the expected translation of "declinación".Yes, it's comparable to declension, though Hungarian notation is prefix and not part of the syntax, while declension is postfix and has syntactic meaning.

10

Absolutely, but I would be surprised if they didn't have some code in the production version right now to support doubtlessly upcoming translated versions - perhaps not a full blown declension engine, but it seems unlikely they'd go English only at the start and retrofit everything later.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use declension in a sentence?

Learn rules, draw tables with tenses, declension rules and so on.

What does declension mean?

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

What part of speech is declension?

declension is commonly used as noun.