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inflect
[in-flekt]
verb (used with object)
to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice).
to alter or adapt in tone or character: jazz-inflected music.
the power of storytelling inflected through a feminist sensibility;
jazz-inflected music.
Grammar.
to apply inflection to (a word).
to 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.
Botany.to bend in.
verb (used without object)
Grammar.to be characterized by inflection.
inflect
/ ɪˈڱɛ /
verb
(grammar) to change (the form of a word) or (of a word) to change in form by inflection
(tr) to change (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate
(tr) to cause to deviate from a straight or normal line or course; bend
Other Word Forms
- inflectedness noun
- inflective adjective
- inflector noun
- noninflected adjective
- uninflected adjective
- uninflective adjective
- ˈڱپ adjective
- ˈڱٴǰ noun
- ˈڱٱԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of inflect1
Example Sentences
He inflects Hamlet’s glorious speeches with modern color but little meaning.
That idea has inflected a lot of their jurisprudence on voting rights.
The sketch served as a showcase for Johnson's discursive and oddly inflected take on Trump, ranging from bits about Cheesecake Factory to the uninhabited islands that the Trump admin subjected to a 10% import tariff.
It’s a capitulation to the asymmetrical political polarization that inflects seemingly every aspect of American life.
So far, the 2020’s have been something of a golden era for tropically inflected pop.
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