Inflect

//ɪnˈflɛkt//

Synonyms for "inflect" (46 found)

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More general

7 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

3 entries

derived

6 entries

has context

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

47 translations across 26 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • извивам навътре verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • модулирам verb (music: change tone or pitch)
  • скланям verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • спрягам verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Czech

1 entries
  • ohýbat verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Danish

1 entries
  • bøje verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verbuigen verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • verbuigen verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fleksii verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Finnish

4 entries
  • muuttaa äänensävyä verb (music: change tone or pitch)
  • taivuttaa verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • taivuttaa sisäänpäin verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • vaikuttaa verb (influence in style)

French

1 entries
  • infléchir verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

German

2 entries
  • beugen verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • flektieren verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Greek

1 entries
  • κλίνω verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ragoz verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Italian

2 entries
  • coniugare verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • flettere verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 働く verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kaityti verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Manx

1 entries
  • yn-fill verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bøye verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Old English

1 entries
  • bīeġan verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اكمك verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • بوكمك verb (cause to curve inwards)

Polish

2 entries
  • odmieniać verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • odmienić verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • flexionar verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • variar verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Romanian

1 entries
  • flexiona verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Russian

4 entries
  • вгиба́ть verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • вогну́ть verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • гнуть verb (cause to curve inwards)
  • модули́ровать verb (music: change tone or pitch)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pregibati verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Spanish

3 entries
  • conjugar verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • declinar verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)
  • modular verb (music: change tone or pitch)

Swedish

1 entries
  • böja verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Thai

1 entries
  • ผัน verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ses değiştirmek verb (grammar: vary the form of a word)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

'That' has only the two cases, nominative and objective, and it does not inflect depending on the case.

Source: tatoeba (326785)

In English, it is very easy to write entire books without giving away your gender. This is unlike Romance or Slavic languages, which inflect adjectives, and sometimes even verbs, for gender.

Source: tatoeba (5924090)

Nouns inflect for plural in English.

Source: tatoeba (6219042)

The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.

Source: wiktionary

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