desinence
noun as in strong fondness
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Example:The ending of a verb often indicates the person and tense.
Definition:In linguistics, an ending that marks grammatical features such as tense, number, or gender.
From ending
Example:The morpheme at the end of a verb indicates the tense.
Definition:A unit of meaning in a word, which is added to the root to denote grammatical information.
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Example:Inflection is crucial for forming the desinence of verbs and nouns.
Definition:The process of altering a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, number, or gender.
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