inflect
verb
in·flect
| \ in-ˈflekt
\
\
inflected;
inflecting;
inflects
Definition of inflect
1
: to turn from a direct line or course : curve
2
: to vary (a word) by inflection : decline, conjugate
3
: to change or vary the pitch of
inflect one's voice
4
: to affect or alter noticeably : influence
an approach inflected by feminism
: to become modified by inflection
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Other Words from inflect
inflectable
\ in-ˈflek-tə-bəl
\
adjective
\
adjective
inflective
\ in-ˈflek-tiv
\
adjective
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adjective
Examples of inflect in a Sentence
Most nouns in English are inflected for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most nouns in English inflect for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most adjectives in English do not inflect for gender or number.
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Recent Examples on the Web
In this case, no user intervention, such as a prompt to click on a link, was required for an iPhone to get inflected. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, "Hackers breached iPhones for years, Google says," 30 Aug. 2019 Some avoid gender altogether, some gender just the pronouns, others inflect the nouns, too. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture," 15 Aug. 2019 Oversight: One big risk — so big, in fact, that it could be considered a meta-risk that inflects all the rest — is the lack of existing regulation in this space. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, "Facebook is building tech to read your mind. The ethical implications are staggering.," 5 Aug. 2019 On Wednesday, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, told the BBC that European nations needed to do more to compensate it for the losses inflected by U.S. sanctions. — Alexander Smith, NBC News, "U.S. plans coalition to counter alleged Iranian sabotage in the Gulf," 10 July 2019 Old English verbs also inflected for tense, person/number, and mood. — Michelle Sheehan, Quartz, "Five reasons English speakers struggle to learn other languages," 3 July 2019 What: For her debut EP, BENEE gives us 20 minutes of swaying, R&B-inflected pop. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "Sound On: The Best Albums of June 2019," 1 July 2019 In Greenpoint, an alcohol-free bar called Getaway opened in April, featuring an Art Deco-inflected interior and a menu of nonalcoholic cocktails made from ingredients like tobacco syrup and rhubarb shrub. — Alex Williams, New York Times, "The New Sobriety," 15 June 2019 The books is structured around a series of misdeeds that cause tension and rifts amid the foursome—the last of which turns the book into something like a domestic thriller, inflected with the trauma of early motherhood. — Vogue, "10 New Books to Read This Summer," 31 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inflect.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for inflect
inflect
verb
English Language Learners Definition of inflect
grammar
: to change the form of a word when using it in a particular way
See the full definition for inflect in the English Language Learners Dictionary
inflect
verb
in·flect
| \ in-ˈflekt
\
\
inflected;
inflecting
Kids Definition of inflect
1
: to change a word by inflection
2
: to change the pitch of the voice
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