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Definition inflect in American English

inflect verb

verb
/ɪnˈflekt/
1

to change the sound of your voice when you are speaking, for example to emphasize a particular word

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2

if a word inflects, you change its form to go with the grammar of the other words you are using with it

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2.1

if a language inflects, it has words that do this

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Definition inflect in American English