inflect
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
inflect verb: to cause to curve inwards.
Verb
inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)
- To cause to curve inwards.
- Synonyms:
- inbend
- 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.
- To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
- 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.
inflect meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Thai
inflect in Urdu
- گردان کرنا, ہم آہنگ کرنا, جھکانا, موڑنا
inflect in Bengali
- বাঁকানো, স্বরের পরিবর্তন করা, রূপান্তর করা
inflect in Thai
- grammar: vary the form of a word
- ผัน pǎn
Examples of inflect in a sentence
- Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
- In English, we do not inflect adjectives for gender.
- Late Latin is less fully inflected than Classical Latin.
Synonyms of inflect
Forms of inflect
| third-person singular present | inflects |
|---|---|
| present participle | inflecting |
| past participle | inflected |
| past | inflected |
Origin of inflect
From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Words formed from inflect
Words that rhyme with inflect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about inflect
- What does inflect mean?
- Inflect means to cause to curve inwards.
- What is inflect in Urdu?
- Inflect in Urdu is گردان کرنا, ہم آہنگ کرنا, جھکانا. See Inflect meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is inflect?
- Inflect is a verb.
- How do you pronounce inflect?
- Inflect is pronounced /ɪnˈflɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of inflect?
- The past tense of inflect is inflected.
Words near inflect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inflect (page history and authors); inflect (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inflect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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