inflect

  • 11inflect — inflectedness, n. inflective, adj. inflector, n. /in flekt /, v.t. 1. to modulate (the voice). 2. Gram. a. to apply inflection to (a word). b. to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate …

    Universalium

  • 12inflect — verb /ɪnˈflɛkt/ a) To cause to curve inwards. b) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing …

    Wiktionary

  • 13inflect — Synonyms and related words: analyze, arch, bend, bend back, bow, bracket, conjugate, crook, curl, curve, decline, decurve, deflect, dome, embow, flex, hook, hump, hunch, hyphenate, incurvate, incurve, intonate, loop, mark, modulate, parenthesize …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14inflect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bend, turn, curve; modulate, vary; conjugate, decline. See curvature, change, grammar. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. turn, curve, crook; see arch , bend 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 15inflect — in|flect [ınˈflekt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: inflectere, from flectere to bend ] [i]technical if a word inflects, its form changes according to its meaning or use …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16inflect — in|flect [ ın flekt ] verb 1. ) transitive to change the sound of your voice when you are speaking, for example to emphasize a particular word 2. ) intransitive LINGUISTICS if a word inflects, you change its form to suit the grammar of the other… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17inflect — in·flect || ɪn flekt v. change the tone of one s voice, modulate one s voice; curve inward, bend; alter a word by inflection (Grammar) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18inflect — verb 1》 Grammar change or be changed by inflection. 2》 vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling. 3》 technical bend or deflect from a straight course, especially inwards. Derivatives inflective adjective… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19inflect — v. a. 1. Bend, bow, curve, turn from a direct line. 2. (Gram.) Decline (a noun or an adjective), conjugate (a verb), vary the terminations of …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20inflect — v 1. curve, bend, turn, loop, round, bow, flex; hook, crook; arch, vault; reflect, reflex; incurve, incurvate; retroflex, recurve, decurve, bend back. 2. modulate, intonate, intone, vocalize, phonate; (all of the voice) vary, alter, diversify,… …

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