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Definition of inflect verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

inflect

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪnˈflɛkt//
 
[intransitive] (grammar)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they inflect
 
he / she / it inflects
 
past simple inflected
 
-ing form inflecting
 
 
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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 Verbs inflect for tense and person. Most languages of the world inflect.
inflected
 
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adjective [usually before noun] an inflected language/form/verbSee inflect in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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