inflect

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inflect

/ɪnˈflɛkt/

Rhymes with -ɛkt

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From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).

verb inflects · inflecting · inflected

transitive To cause to curve inwards.
Similar: inbend
transitive 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.
transitive To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
intransitive, 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.

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verb cause to curve inwards

Русский	сгиба́ть sgibátʹ, гнуть gnutʹ, согну́ть sognútʹ, вгиба́ть vgibátʹ, вогну́ть vognútʹ

verb music: change tone or pitch

Español	modular
Русский	модули́ровать modulírovatʹ

verb grammar: vary the form of a word

Español	conjugar, declinar, inflexionar
日本語	働く hataraku
Português	variar, flexionar
Français	infléchir
Deutsch	flektieren, beugen
Italiano	coniugare, flettere
Ελληνικά	κλίνω klíno
Română	flexiona
Русский	склоня́ть sklonjátʹ, спряга́ть sprjagátʹ

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@misc{inflect_2026,
  title = {inflect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inflect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}