how to pronounce declension

/dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/

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declension is pronounced in three syllables

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dɪklɛnʃən

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meanings of declension

noun:

  1. A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
  2. The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
  3. A falling off, decay or descent.

declension frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word declension occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics declension can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that declension can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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