inflected
verb
- 1
To cause to curve inwards.
- 2
To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
“The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”
- 3
(grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
- 4
(grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
“In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.”
- 5
To influence in style.
“No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.”
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
Deviating from a straight line.
- 2
(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
- 3
Having inflected word forms; fusional.
“(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)”
- 4
Bent or curved inward or downward
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