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inflected

adjective

Simple meaning

Changed in form to reflect function.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ɪnfˈlɛktəd

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. grammar

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

  2. linguistics

    Having inflected word forms; fusional.

  3. botany

    Bent or curved inward or downward

  4. Deviating from a straight line.

Word at a Glance

Frequency
Rare

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

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

Used this way, inflected is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a grammar or language-study use: it describes how language works, so it appears in teaching and reference writing.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Academic writing
  • Education/classroom
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

Nearby words

  • finite , a specialist term, precise but narrower

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use inflected

  • “His southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one.”adjective
  • “`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words.”adjective

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highly inflectedinflected forminflected languageinflected verbinflected wordfully inflectedclosely inflectedstrongly inflected

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Synonyms

Sense: changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word)

finiteTechnical

Antonyms

Sense: changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word)

uninflectedRare

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