declension
noun/dɪˈklɛnʃən/
Frequency rank: #19,478 most common English word
Meaning
the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective to express grammatical categories such as case, number, and gender.
Example sentence
The student struggled to memorize every form in the Latin noun declension.
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