INFLECT
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
12
Scrabble
15
WWF
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Definition
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
verb
- To cause to curve inwards.
- To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.“The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”
- (grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
- (grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.“In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.”
- To influence in style.“No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.”
Source: Wiktionary
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