INFLECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflect mean? 

• INFLECT (verb)
  The verb INFLECT has 2 senses:

1. change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

2. vary the pitch of one's speech

  Familiarity information: INFLECT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFLECT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inflect    ... he / she / it inflects   
Past simple: inflected   
Past participle: inflected   
-ing form: inflecting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "inflect" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "inflect"):

compare (to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb)

decline (inflect for number, gender, case, etc.)

conjugate (add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.)

pluralise; pluralize (mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

inflection; inflexion (a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vary the pitch of one's speech

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

inflect; modulate; tone

Hypernyms (to "inflect" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

inflection (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)

inflection (a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified)