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inflected

inflected adjective: deviating from a straight line. Also the simple past and past participle of inflect.

Adjective

inflected (comparative more inflected, superlative most inflected)

  1. Deviating from a straight line.
  2. Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
    Synonyms:
    declensed
  3. Having inflected word forms; fusional.
    • (An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)
  4. bent or curved inward or downward

Also used as

inflected is also the simple past and past participle of inflect.

Synonyms of inflected

Forms of inflected

comparativemore inflected
superlativemost inflected

Words formed from inflected

Questions about inflected

What does inflected mean?
Inflected means deviating from a straight line.
What part of speech is inflected?
Inflected is an adjective.

Words near inflected in the dictionary

  1. inflators
  2. inflatory
  3. inflect
  4. inflectability
  5. inflectable
  6. inflected
  7. inflectedness
  8. inflecting
  9. inflection
  10. inflection point
  11. inflection points

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