| INFLECT | • inflect v. (Transitive) To cause to curve inwards. • inflect v. (Transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing. • inflect v. (Transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc. |
| INFLECTABLE | • inflectable adj. (Linguistics) That can be inflected. • INFLECTABLE adj. capable of being inflected. |
| INFLECTED | • inflected adj. Deviating from a straight line. • inflected adj. (Grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word). • inflected adj. (Linguistics) Having inflected word forms; fusional. |
| INFLECTEDNESS | • inflectedness n. The quality of being inflected. • INFLECTEDNESS n. the state of being inflected. |
| INFLECTEDNESSES | • INFLECTEDNESS n. the state of being inflected. |
| INFLECTING | • inflecting v. Present participle of inflect. • INFLECT v. to bend or curve inwards. |
| INFLECTION | • inflection n. (Grammar, uncountable) Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories. • inflection n. (Grammar, countable) An instance of such change. • inflection n. (Grammar, countable) Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts… |
| INFLECTIONAL | • inflectional adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to inflection. • inflectional adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve. • INFLECTIONAL adj. relating to inflection, also INFLEXIONAL. |
| INFLECTIONALLY | • inflectionally adv. In an inflectional manner. • INFLECTIONAL adv. relating to inflection, also INFLEXIONAL. |
| INFLECTIONLESS | • inflectionless adj. Without inflection. • INFLECTIONLESS adj. without inflection, also INFLEXIONLESS. |
| INFLECTIONS | • inflections n. Plural of inflection. • INFLECTION n. a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, also INFLEXION. |
| INFLECTIVE | • inflective adj. (Grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject… • inflective adj. Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting. • INFLECTIVE adj. capable of, or pertaining to, inflection. |
| INFLECTOR | • inflector n. (Linguistics) An affix that inflects the base form of a word. • inflector n. (Physics) A device for bending a particle beam. • inflector n. (Anatomy) A muscle that contracts to cause a part of the body to curve inwards. |
| INFLECTORS | • inflectors n. Plural of inflector. • INFLECTOR n. one who inflects. |
| INFLECTS | • inflects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflect. • INFLECT v. to bend or curve inwards. |
| NONINFLECTIONAL | • noninflectional adj. Not inflectional. • NONINFLECTIONAL adj. not inflectional. |
| UNINFLECTED | • uninflected adj. (Of a language) That which does not use inflection. • uninflected adj. (Of a word) That which has not been inflected. • UNINFLECTED adj. not inflected. |