"inflect" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈflɛkt/ Audio: en-us-inflect.ogg [US], en-au-inflect.ogg [Australia] Forms: inflects [present, singular, third-person], inflecting [participle, present], inflected [participle, past], inflected [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“I bend”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|īnflectō}} Latin īnflectō, {{m|la|in-||in}} in- (“in”), {{m|la|flectō||I bend}} flectō (“I bend”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)
  1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to bend or curve inwards): inbend Translations (cause to curve inwards): извивам навътре (izvivam navǎtre) (Bulgarian), verbuigen (Dutch), taivuttaa sisäänpäin (Finnish), сгиба́ть (sgibátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), гнуть (gnutʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), согну́ть (sognútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вгиба́ть (vgibátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вогну́ть (vognútʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-inflect-en-verb-amPa2C1Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 27 26 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 16 16 16 18 Disambiguation of 'to bend or curve inwards': 93 3 1 1 1 Disambiguation of 'cause to curve inwards': 96 1 1 1 1
  2. (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: change tone or pitch): модулирам (moduliram) (Bulgarian), muuttaa äänensävyä (Finnish), модули́ровать (modulírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), modular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inflect-en-verb-l03kT4Og Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 27 26 15 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: change tone or pitch': 0 90 10 0 0
  3. (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: vary the form of a word): скланям (sklanjam) (Bulgarian), спрягам (sprjagam) (Bulgarian), ohýbat [imperfective] (Czech), bøje (Danish), verbuigen (Dutch), fleksii (Esperanto), taivuttaa (Finnish), infléchir (French), flektieren (German), beugen (German), κλίνω (klíno) (Greek), ragoz (Hungarian), coniugare (Italian), flettere (Italian), 働く (hataraku) (Japanese), kaityti (Lithuanian), yn-fill (Manx), bøye (Norwegian), bīeġan (Old English), odmieniać [imperfective] (Polish), odmienić [perfective] (Polish), variar (Portuguese), flexionar (Portuguese), flexiona (Romanian), склоня́ть (sklonjátʹ) (english: decline) [imperfective] (Russian), спряга́ть (sprjagátʹ) (english: conjugate) [imperfective] (Russian), pregibati [imperfective] (Slovene), conjugar (note: of a verb) (Spanish), declinar (note: of a noun) (Spanish), böja (Swedish), ผัน (pǎn) (Thai), ses değiştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-inflect-en-verb-IMcaMRSy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 27 26 15 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: vary the form of a word': 4 5 61 26 4
  4. (transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-inflect-en-verb-YzsbQxVJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 27 26 15 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (transitive) To influence in style. Tags: transitive Translations (influence in style): vaikuttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-inflect-en-verb-AHTimtXt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 21 27 26 15 Disambiguation of 'influence in style': 1 1 2 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inflection, inflective, inflexion Related terms: conjugate, decline, deflect

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "infléchir"
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
          "word": "flettere"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
          "word": "bøye"
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          "code": "ang",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "odmieniać"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
          "word": "variar"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "of a verb",
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          "word": "conjugar"
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          "word": "ผัน"
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          "text": "In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.",
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        [
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        "(transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."
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        "To influence in style."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To influence in style."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 2 3 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "influence in style",
          "word": "vaikuttaa"
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈflɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-inflect.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-au-inflect.ogg/En-au-inflect.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-au-inflect.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflect"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛkt/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "inflection"
    },
    {
      "word": "inflective"
    },
    {
      "word": "inflexion"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "īnflectō"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "in-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "in"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "flectō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I bend"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inflects",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflecting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflected",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflected",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "conjugate"
    },
    {
      "word": "decline"
    },
    {
      "word": "deflect"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to curve inwards."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "curve",
          "curve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to curve inwards."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "tense",
          "tense"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "mood",
          "mood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "tense",
          "tense"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "mood",
          "mood"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a word"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To influence in style."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "style",
          "style"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To influence in style."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈflɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-inflect.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/En-us-inflect.ogg/En-us-inflect.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-us-inflect.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-inflect.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-au-inflect.ogg/En-au-inflect.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-au-inflect.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to bend or curve inwards",
      "word": "inbend"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvivam navǎtre",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "word": "извивам навътре"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "word": "verbuigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "word": "taivuttaa sisäänpäin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sgibátʹ",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сгиба́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnutʹ",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sognútʹ",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "согну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vgibátʹ",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вгиба́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vognútʹ",
      "sense": "cause to curve inwards",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вогну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "moduliram",
      "sense": "music: change tone or pitch",
      "word": "модулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: change tone or pitch",
      "word": "muuttaa äänensävyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "modulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "music: change tone or pitch",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "модули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: change tone or pitch",
      "word": "modular"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sklanjam",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "скланям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sprjagam",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "спрягам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ohýbat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "bøje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "verbuigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "fleksii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "taivuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "infléchir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "flektieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "beugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klíno",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "κλίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "ragoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "coniugare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "flettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hataraku",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "働く"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "kaityti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "yn-fill"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "bøye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "bīeġan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odmieniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odmienić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "variar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "flexionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "flexiona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "decline",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sklonjátʹ",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "склоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "conjugate",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sprjagátʹ",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спряга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pregibati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "of a verb",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "conjugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "of a noun",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "declinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "böja"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pǎn",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "ผัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
      "word": "ses değiştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "influence in style",
      "word": "vaikuttaa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflect"
}

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