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Rareinflected
The correct spelling is inflected.
How to pronounce inflected
verb
Say it like: Inf-lec-ted
The correct spelling is inflected. To cause to curve inwards. For example: "The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation."
Usage Examples
“The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”
“In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.”
“No other poet has inflected me in style as much as Milton.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To cause to curve inwards.
- 2.To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
- 3.(grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
- 4.(grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
- 5.To influence in style.
adjective
- 1.Deviating from a straight line.
- 2.(grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
- 3.Having inflected word forms; fusional.
- 4.Bent or curved inward or downward
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