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inflected
in·flect I0131800 (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.inflected (ɪnˈflɛktɪd) adj (Linguistics) changing in form according to grammatical function such as tense, mood, number, gender etcThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | inflected - (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch; "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"uninflected - (of the voice) not inflected; "uninflected words"; "monotonic uninflected speech" | | 2. | inflected - showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes); "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"linguistics - the scientific study of languageuninflected - not inflected; "`boy' and `swim' are uninflected English words" |
Translationsinflected
inflected[in′flek·təd] (botany) Curved or bent sharply inward, downward, or toward the axis. Also known as inflexed. MedicalSeeinflectioninflected
Related to inflected: Inflected languageAntonyms for inflectedadj (of the voice) altered in tone or pitchAntonymsadj showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)Related WordsAntonyms |