Definition of "inflect" in Anglais

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.

2. (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

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

3. (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

4. (intransitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

   • In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.