inflect
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/ɪnˈflekt/
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/ɪnˈflekt/
to change a word's form to show different grammatical features like tense or number
In English, verbs inflect by adding -s to show third person singular.
在英語中,動詞通過添加 -s 來表示第三人稱單數。
to make a word change its form to show different grammatical features
The verb 'walk' is inflected to 'walks' when the subject is he or she.
當主語是「他」或「她」時,動詞「walk」變為「walks」。