"inflect" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈflɛkt/ Audio: en-us-inflect.ogg , en-au-inflect.ogg 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 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)
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  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)
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  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)
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  4. (intransitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Grammar
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  5. (transitive) To influence in style. Tags: transitive Translations (influence in style): vaikuttaa (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inflection, inflective, inflexion Related terms: conjugate, decline, deflect

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause to curve inwards."
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          "roman": "sognútʹ",
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          "roman": "moduliram",
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          "sense": "grammar: vary the form of a word",
          "word": "infléchir"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "flektieren"
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      "word": "ses değiştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "influence in style",
      "word": "vaikuttaa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflect"
}

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