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Rareinflecting
The correct spelling is inflecting.
How to pronounce inflecting
verb
Say it like: Inf-lec-tin-g
The correct spelling is inflecting. 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.”
Definition
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.
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