Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflɛkt/
verb to change or vary the form of (a word) to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, and gender
A1 She inflects her voice when she is excited.
A2 The verb 'to be' inflects in different tenses.
B1 In Spanish, verbs inflect based on the subject pronoun.
B2 Linguists study how different languages inflect their nouns and verbs.
C1 The actor's ability to inflect emotions in his performance is truly remarkable.
C2 A skilled singer knows how to inflect their voice to convey different emotions to the audience.
formal The verb 'to be' inflects for tense, aspect, mood, and person.
informal I noticed how her voice inflects when she gets excited.
slang His tone inflects when he's lying.
figurative The new information caused her emotions to inflect in unexpected ways.
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