accidence
/ˈæksɪdəns/
noun
- The part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words (changes in form to show tense, number, case, etc.).
- The textbook covered accidence, including verb conjugations and noun declensions.
- In Latin class, we spent the first semester studying accidence before moving to syntax.
- Learning accidence helps students understand how word endings change meaning.
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