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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inflectedadjective

    (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch

    "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"

  2. inflectedadjective

    showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)

    "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"

Wiktionary

  1. inflectedadjective

    Deviating from a straight line.

  2. inflectedadjective

    Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).

  3. inflectedadjective

    Having inflected word forms.

  4. inflectedadjective

    bent or curved inward or downward

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  1. inflected

    Inflected refers to the alteration or modification of a word, typically by adding an affix (such as a prefix or suffix), to express a different grammatical function or attribute such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case. This process happens in many languages, including English. For example, in the word "plays", the "s" is an inflection that indicates singular third person in the present tense.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inflected

    of Inflect

  2. Inflectedadjective

    bent; turned; deflected

  3. Inflectedadjective

    having inflections; capable of, or subject to, inflection; inflective

Entomology

  1. Inflected

    bent inward at an angle.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inflected in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inflected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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