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INFLECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes)
Example:
German is an inflected language
Classified under:
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Antonym:
uninflected (not inflected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of the voice) altered in tone or pitch
Example:
his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one
Classified under:
Similar:
modulated (altered in volume as well as tone or pitch)
Antonym:
uninflected ((of the voice) not inflected)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb inflect
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