inflection

Examples

• All

• Well, besides the inflection in my voice, what else could give you a clue?

• Like her inflection when she says my name.

  Dual (2022)

• Come on, with inflection, give it some life.

  An Ordinary Man (2017)

• Not the words, but the inflection, maybe... and the expression on his face.

  Fiction book (1995)

• But despite its complexity, most people learn to use speech inflection to communicate at a very young age.

  Academic text (2005)

• Your timing, your inflections were just what I wanted.

  The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

• Most people speak using different inflections and paces to give what they say greater meaning.

  Academic text (2003)

• The same words spoken with different inflections or at a different pace can have very different meanings.

  Academic text (2003)

• The boys practiced reading the different parts of the poems with varying inflections and emotions.

  Academic text (2015)

• The teacher emphasized the importance of voice inflection to convey emotions during the presentation.

Synonyms

T

tone of voice

vsinflection

28 3.1

The way someone speaks that shows their feelings or mood

refers to changing pitch tone or loudness patterns rather than static voice character

I

intonation

vsinflection

• Specialized

7 4.6

The rise and fall of voice when speaking that shows meaning or feeling

includes those pitch movements but also covers tone loudness and stress patterns

M

modulation

vsinflection

2 6.3

A change in voice pitch or loudness to show feeling

describes patterned voice changes in pitch tone and loudness rather than single acts

I

intonation pattern

vsinflection

• Specialized

1 5.6

The rise and fall of the voice when speaking that shows if a sentence is a question or statement

focuses on voice change patterns across speech beyond just sentence marking

P

prosody

vsinflection

• Specialized

1 8.1

Rhythm, stress, and tone in speech that show meaning or feeling

focuses more on voice changes in pitch tone and loudness rather than rhythm

Antonyms

M

monotony

14 5.5

A boring feeling when things are the same again and again

Compounds

I

inflection point

4 7.5

A moment when a situation changes in an important way

How Expressive

inflection

• Specialized

12 5.9

monotone

8 5.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology