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inflect
[ in-flekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice).
- to alter or adapt in tone or character: jazz-inflected music.
the power of storytelling inflected through a feminist sensibility;
jazz-inflected music.
- Grammar.
- to apply inflection to (a word).
- to recite or display all or a distinct set of the inflections of (a word); decline or conjugate.
- to bend; turn from a direct line or course.
- Botany. to bend in.
verb (used without object)
- Grammar. to be characterized by inflection.
inflect
/ ɪˈڱɛ /
verb
- grammar to change (the form of a word) or (of a word) to change in form by inflection
- tr to change (the voice) in tone or pitch; modulate
- tr to cause to deviate from a straight or normal line or course; bend
Derived Forms
- ˈڱپ, adjective
- ˈڱٴǰ, noun
- ˈڱٱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ڱĻ·Ա noun
- ·ڱt adjective
- ·ڱtǰ noun
- ԴDzi·ڱĻ adjective
- ܲi·ڱĻ adjective
- un·ڱt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inflect1
Example Sentences
The sketch served as a showcase for Johnson's discursive and oddly inflected take on Trump, ranging from bits about Cheesecake Factory to the uninhabited islands that the Trump admin subjected to a 10% import tariff.
It’s a capitulation to the asymmetrical political polarization that inflects seemingly every aspect of American life.
So far, the 2020’s have been something of a golden era for tropically inflected pop.
Looking at it, one wonders: Is this sculpture distinctive because volcanoes in central Java are spiritual sites, so molten material thrown up from deep within the earth inflects the art’s intended meaning?
Lennox, a Belfast native who previously worked on the Troubles-themed coming of age comedy “Derry Girls,” played an essential role in setting its tone which, though grim, is also inflected with dark humor.
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