Word: inflect
Category: inflect
Reference, Computers & Electronics
Synonyms: inflect
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: inflect
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spanish
Translations:
encorvar
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french
Translations:
conjuguer, courber, infléchir, ployer, plier, replier
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russian
Translations:
спрягать, вгибать, вогнуть, гнуть, сгибать, склонять
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czech
Translations:
časovat, ohýbat, ohnout
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polish
Translations:
modulować, wyginać, odmienić, odmieniać, naginać
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croatian
Translations:
saviti, sprezati, sklanjati, savinuti
The meaning and "use of": inflect
verb
- change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, case, and gender. - By contrast, the final verb is not marked for switch-reference but is fully inflected for such categories, and this inflection is relevant to the whole clause chain.
- vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice), especially to express mood or feeling. - ‘Odd seeing Mr. Van Doren here,’ Ronald says, his deep voice inflected with curiosity.
- bend or deflect (something), especially inward. - Each milieu affects the space, bends it, inflects it, shapes it.
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