inflect

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪnˈflɛkt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Verb

Plain form inflect

Third-person singular inflects

Past tense inflected

Past participle inflected

Present participle inflecting

1. To inflect means to change a word to change its meaning or tense.

   The verb "worked" is "work" after being inflected.

   He learned the language quickly, especially how to inflect the words.

Related words

• inflection
• conjugation
• morphology