INFLECT


Meaning of INFLECT in English

/ ɪnˈflekt; NAmE / verb

[ v ] ( grammar ) if a word inflects , its ending or spelling changes according to its grammatical function in a sentence; if a language inflects , it has words that do this

►  in·flect·ed adjective [ usually before noun ]:

an inflected language / form / verb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (originally in a technical sense, to bend or deflect something): from Latin inflectere , from in- into + flectere to bend.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.