亚洲网紅露点

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declension

[ dih-klen-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Grammar.
    1. the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number.
    2. the whole set of inflected forms of such a word, or the recital thereof in a fixed order.
    3. a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms:

      the Latin second declension.

  2. an act or instance of declining.
  3. a bending, sloping, or moving downward:

    land with a gentle declension toward the sea.

  4. deterioration; decline.
  5. deviation, as from a standard.


declension

/ 诲瑟藞办濒蓻苍蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. grammar
    1. inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
    2. the complete set of the inflections of such a word

      "puella" is a first-declension noun in Latin

  2. a decline or deviation from a standard, belief, etc
  3. a downward slope or bend
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别藞肠濒别苍蝉颈辞苍补濒, adjective
  • 诲别藞肠濒别苍蝉颈辞苍补濒ly, adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of declension1

1400鈥50; late Middle English declenson, declynson (with suffix later assimilated to -sion ), by stress retraction and syncope < Old French declinaison < Latin 诲脓肠濒墨苍腻迟颈艒 declination
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of declension1

C15: from Latin 诲脓肠濒墨苍腻迟颈艒, literally: a bending aside, hence variation, inflection; see decline
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Example Sentences

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Although he knew some Russian, Bobby had trouble with the declensions and usage.

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But in terms of the general lure of presidential rule, the general declension of republican norms into imperial habits, I also think Trump鈥檚 caudillo act is substantially less dangerous than what his predecessors did.

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There鈥檚 a similar declension in the odysseys of the six converts profiled by Daniel Oppenheimer in his engaging study 鈥淓xit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century.鈥

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As we drift through the declension of the holiday season, perhaps you鈥檙e still searching for a song to evict 鈥淲inter Wonderland鈥 from the forefront of your consciousness.

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Doubly true when the bomber is De Niro, whose deployment of that sturdy little word in all its declensions over decades of movie masterworks is to cussing what Chopin is to melody.

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