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in·flect

 (ĭn-flĕkt′)
v. in·flect·ed, in·flect·ing, in·flects
v.tr.
1. To alter (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate.
2. Grammar To alter (a word) by inflection.
3. To turn from a course or a specified alignment; bend.
v.intr. Grammar
1. To be modified by inflection.
2. To give all of the inflected forms of a word; to provide a paradigm.

[Middle English inflecten, to bend down, from Latin īnflectere : in-, in; see in-2 + flectere, to bend.]

in·flec′tive adj.
in·flec′tor n.
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inflect

(ɪnˈflɛkt)
vb
1. (Grammar) (grammar) to change (the form of a word) or (of a word) to change in form by inflection
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) to change (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate
3. (tr) to cause to deviate from a straight or normal line or course; bend
[C15: from Latin inflectere to curve round, alter, from flectere to bend]
inˈflectedness n
inˈflective adj
inˈflector n
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in•flect

(ɪnˈflɛkt)
v.t.
1. to modulate (the voice).
2. to change the form of (a word) by inflection; conjugate or decline.
3. to bend; turn from a direct course.
v.i.
4. to be characterized by grammatical inflection.
[1375–1425; Middle English < Latin inflectere to bend in =in- in-2 + flectere to bend; compare flex1]
in•flec′tive, adj.
in•flec′tor, n.
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inflect


Past participle: inflected
Gerund: inflecting

Imperative
inflect
inflect
Present
I inflect
you inflect
he/she/it inflects
we inflect
you inflect
they inflect
Preterite
I inflected
you inflected
he/she/it inflected
we inflected
you inflected
they inflected
Present Continuous
I am inflecting
you are inflecting
he/she/it is inflecting
we are inflecting
you are inflecting
they are inflecting
Present Perfect
I have inflected
you have inflected
he/she/it has inflected
we have inflected
you have inflected
they have inflected
Past Continuous
I was inflecting
you were inflecting
he/she/it was inflecting
we were inflecting
you were inflecting
they were inflecting
Past Perfect
I had inflected
you had inflected
he/she/it had inflected
we had inflected
you had inflected
they had inflected
Future
I will inflect
you will inflect
he/she/it will inflect
we will inflect
you will inflect
they will inflect
Future Perfect
I will have inflected
you will have inflected
he/she/it will have inflected
we will have inflected
you will have inflected
they will have inflected
Future Continuous
I will be inflecting
you will be inflecting
he/she/it will be inflecting
we will be inflecting
you will be inflecting
they will be inflecting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been inflecting
you have been inflecting
he/she/it has been inflecting
we have been inflecting
you have been inflecting
they have been inflecting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been inflecting
you will have been inflecting
he/she/it will have been inflecting
we will have been inflecting
you will have been inflecting
they will have been inflecting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been inflecting
you had been inflecting
he/she/it had been inflecting
we had been inflecting
you had been inflecting
they had been inflecting
Conditional
I would inflect
you would inflect
he/she/it would inflect
we would inflect
you would inflect
they would inflect
Past Conditional
I would have inflected
you would have inflected
he/she/it would have inflected
we would have inflected
you would have inflected
they would have inflected
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.inflect - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
compare - to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb
decline - inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
conjugate - add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"
pluralise, pluralize - mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural; "How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese?"
2.inflect - vary the pitch of one's speech
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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inflect

verb
1. modulate, intonate, vary, adjust, attune a different way of inflecting the line
2. (Grammar) conjugate, decline I shall inflect this word as a Latin noun.
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Translations
äänensävyämuuttaataivuttaa

inflect

[ɪnˈflekt] VT
1. [+ voice] → modular
2. (Gram) [+ noun] → declinar; [+ verb] → conjugar
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inflect

[ɪnˈflɛkt] vi [verb] → se conjuguer; [noun] → se décliner
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inflect

vt
(Gram) → flektieren, beugen
voicemodulieren
vi (Gram) → flektierbar or veränderlich sein, gebeugt werden
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inflect

[ɪnˈflɛkt]
1. vt (voice) → modulare (Gram) → flettere
2. vi (Gram) → flettersi
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References in classic literature ?
The vocabulary, adapted to the unlearned readers, is more largely Saxon than in our later versions, and the older inflected forms appear oftener than in Chaucer; so that it is only through our knowledge of the later versions that we to-day can read the work without frequent stumbling.
The stock's multiple should contract from 9.5 times to 8.5 times as revenue inflects from growth to decline, Roy contends.
Army inflects heavy losses upon armed groups in Homs A military source said that army units inflected heavy losses upon the armed groups, killing and wounding a number of militants in al-Rastan, Talbiseh, Eyoun Hussein, al-Ameriyeh, al-Dar al-Kabira and al-Dwair in Homs countryside.
Alternatively, if the non-overt modal inflects non-overtly, perhaps so does the overt modal should.
But Allora and Calzadilla first joined forces in 1997 with a piece whose poetic and political sensibility still inflects their projects today: Charcoal Dance Floor, an ephemeral drawing in which figures blur into Baconesque abstraction as audiences walk across its surface until only dust and, ominously, branded (Nike, Adidas, etc.) footprints remain.
A gentler but no less mournful spirit inflects Steve Reinke's Sad Disco Fantasia.
Class, not culture or "society", inflects his story of the London matrimonial agency, as the trial prompted middle- and upper-class men to laughter at the gullibilities of their lower-class inferiors.
All the normal reception and control organisms of a library are generously disposed here in a way that inflects you to the centre of the operation.
The undeniable importance of subordination in Spenser, coupled with Broaddus's privileging of plot over abstract statement, inflects his interpretations of Isis Church (143-45), and Mercilla's Castle.
The analyst, whose new price target is high on the Street, sees the stock benefiting as Netflix's cash flow inflects positively in the coming years.
And it inflects the way we continue to think of warfare, as is evident in politicians' speaking of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as "cowardly," even if those who executed them were fearless: They did not give fair warning and disregarded the rights of entirely innocent people.
You are met by a propylaeum which consists of the timber-covered arc of an open-air theatre and its wooden scena which inflects you towards the ascending terraces by which you approach the entrance.