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: The change in form of a word to represent various grammatical categories, such as {{glossary|tense}} (e.g. past tense, present tense, future tense) or {{glossary|number}} (e.g. singular, plural). For example, the verb ''{{eng|run}}'' may be inflected to produce ''{{eng|runs}}'', ''{{eng|ran}}'', and ''{{eng|running}}'. In highly inflected languages, such as Latin, there will be many more forms. Two major types of inflection are {{glossary|conjugation}} (inflection of {{glossary|verb|verbs}}) and {{glossary|declension}} (inflection of {{glossary|noun|nouns}}, {{glossary|adjective|adjectives}}, and {{glossary|pronoun|pronouns}}). | : The change in form of a word to represent various grammatical categories, such as {{glossary|tense}} (e.g. past tense, present tense, future tense) or {{glossary|number}} (e.g. singular, plural). For example, the verb ''{{eng|run}}'' may be inflected to produce ''{{eng|runs}}'', ''{{eng|ran}}'', and ''{{eng|running}}''. In highly inflected languages, such as Latin, there will be many more forms. Two major types of inflection are {{glossary|conjugation}} (inflection of {{glossary|verb|verbs}}) and {{glossary|declension}} (inflection of {{glossary|noun|nouns}}, {{glossary|adjective|adjectives}}, and {{glossary|pronoun|pronouns}}). | ||
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