inflect
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈflekt/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈflekt/
intransitive verb
R
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.
R
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.
translation
to change a word's form to show different grammatical features like tense or number; to make a word change its form to show different grammatical features
Word Forms
3rd Present
inflects
Past
inflected
Perfect
inflected
Progressive
inflecting