inflected; inflecting; inflects
1
: to vary (a word) by inflection : decline, conjugate
2
: to change or vary the pitch of
inflect one's voice
3
: to affect or alter noticeably : influence
an approach inflected by feminism
4
: to turn from a direct line or course : curve
: to become modified by inflection
Examples of inflect in a Sentence
Most nouns in English are inflected for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most nouns in English inflect for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most adjectives in English do not inflect for gender or number.
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Recognizing the Signs Spotting an administrative narcissists early is crucial to stop the chaos and harm this individual inflects in the workplace.
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Jason Walker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
We have been inflected by the course of our lives, but only a few of us, possibly, radically changed.
—Lydia Davis, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Kolodny has rounded up an extraordinarily committed cast of actors, whose mannerisms and inflections are sharpened and roughened, tuned and inflected to feel like archeological rediscoveries of behaviors past.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
More than a bit inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone, The Orphanage weaves a similarly melancholy and thematically rich haunted house tale that calls on the country’s complicated past to inflect its plot with verisimilitude.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
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Jason Walker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
We have been inflected by the course of our lives, but only a few of us, possibly, radically changed.
—Lydia Davis, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Kolodny has rounded up an extraordinarily committed cast of actors, whose mannerisms and inflections are sharpened and roughened, tuned and inflected to feel like archeological rediscoveries of behaviors past.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
More than a bit inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone, The Orphanage weaves a similarly melancholy and thematically rich haunted house tale that calls on the country’s complicated past to inflect its plot with verisimilitude.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflect. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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inflect
verb
in·flect
in-ˈflekt 
1
: to change a word by inflection
2
: to change the pitch of the voice
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