Library / English Dictionary

INFLECTED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)

Example:

German is an inflected language

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Antonym:

uninflected (not inflected)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of the voice) altered in tone or pitch

Example:

his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

modulated (altered in volume as well as tone or pitch)

Antonym:

uninflected ((of the voice) not inflected)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb inflect

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