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INFLECTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inflected mean?
• INFLECTED (adjective)
The adjective INFLECTED has 2 senses:
1. (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch
2. showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)
Familiarity information: INFLECTED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of the voice) altered in tone or pitch
Context example:
his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one
Similar:
modulated (altered in volume as well as tone or pitch)
Antonym:
uninflected ((of the voice) not inflected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)
Context example:
German is an inflected language
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Antonym:
uninflected (not inflected)
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