FromLatinīnflectō, fromin-(“in”) +flectō(“I bend”).
inflect (third-person singular simple presentinflects,present participleinflecting,simple past and past participleinflected)
- (transitive) To cause tocurve inwards.
- (transitive, music) To change thetone orpitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
The actress has a great skill of being able toinflect her voice to any situation.
- (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of aword to expresstense,gender,number,mood, etc.
- (intransitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to expresstense,gender,number,mood, etc.
In Latin, adjectives and nounsinflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.
- (to bend or curve inwards):inbend
music: change tone or pitch
grammar: vary the form of a word
influence in style
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
- Dutch:please add this translation if you can
- Finnish:vaikuttaa (fi)
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