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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flect /ɪnˈflɛkt/USA pronunciation v. - to change (the voice) when pronouncing:[~ + object]When you inflect your voice in English you can make a difference in meaning;
there is a difference, as between "You are coming'' spoken with little change in stress or pitch, and "You are coming?''. - Grammar to change the form of (a word) by inflection;
conjugate or decline:[~ + object]The computer program can inflect that verb, producing the forms talk, talks, talked, and talking. - Grammar to be able to undergo such a change:[no object]In English the verb must does not inflect; it stays the same.
See -flect-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•flect (in flekt′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to modulate (the voice).
- Grammar
- Grammarto apply inflection to (a word).
- Grammarto recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word);
decline or conjugate.
- to bend;
turn from a direct line or course. - Botanyto bend in.
v.i. - Grammarto be characterized by inflection.
- Latin inflectere to bend in, equivalent. to in- in-2 + flectere to bend, curve; compare flex
- late Middle English inflecten 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inflect /ɪnˈflɛkt/ vb - (grammar) to change (the form of a word) or (of a word) to change in form by inflection
- (transitive) to change (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate
- (transitive) to cause to deviate from a straight or normal line or course; bend
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin inflectere to curve round, alter, from flectere to bendinˈflectedness n inˈflective adj inˈflector n |