inflect

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
  2. (transitive) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
  3. (transitive) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
  4. (intransitive) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

Synonyms

bend
B2
decline
C1
modulate
conjugate
tone
B2
flex
C2
persuade
C1
curve
C1
induce
C2
incline
36k
diffract
fold
C1
hang up
heel
C1
incurvate
lean
B2
list
A2
marcel
C1
master
A2
measure
B2
prevail
C2
ram
B2
🐏
shelve
slant
28k
slope
C2
submit
C1
tend
B2
tilt
C2
time
A1
⌚
tip
B1
trend
C2
turn
A1
verge
C1
wave
B2
👋

necked-in

make something curved

angle
B2

persuade or bend

bow
B2
🙇
bring around
bring round
buckle
C1
bully
C1
cant
C1
careen
compel
C2
contaminate
25k
Translations

flettere
beugen
flexionar
flektieren
conjugar
declinar
fléchir
variar
curvar
infléchir
buigen
verbuigen

κλίνω

declinare
biegen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
Etymology

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

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