Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deflect
Participle: deflected
Gerund: deflecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deflect |
| you | deflect |
| he;she;it | deflects |
| we | deflect |
| you | deflect |
| they | deflect |
Perfect
| I | have deflected |
| you | have deflected |
| he;she;it | has deflected |
| we | have deflected |
| you | have deflected |
| they | have deflected |
Past
| I | deflected |
| you | deflected |
| he;she;it | deflected |
| we | deflected |
| you | deflected |
| they | deflected |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflected |
| you | had deflected |
| he;she;it | had deflected |
| we | had deflected |
| you | had deflected |
| they | had deflected |
Future
| I | will deflect |
| you | will deflect |
| he;she;it | will deflect |
| we | will deflect |
| you | will deflect |
| they | will deflect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deflected |
| you | will have deflected |
| he;she;it | will have deflected |
| we | will have deflected |
| you | will have deflected |
| they | will have deflected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deflect |
| you | deflect |
| he;she;it | deflect |
| we | deflect |
| you | deflect |
| they | deflect |
Perfect
| I | have deflected |
| you | have deflected |
| he;she;it | have deflected |
| we | have deflected |
| you | have deflected |
| they | have deflected |
Imperfect
| I | deflected |
| you | deflected |
| he;she;it | deflected |
| we | deflected |
| you | deflected |
| they | deflected |
Pluperfect
| I | had deflected |
| you | had deflected |
| he;she;it | had deflected |
| we | had deflected |
| you | had deflected |
| they | had deflected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deflect |
| you | would deflect |
| he;she;it | would deflect |
| we | would deflect |
| you | would deflect |
| they | would deflect |
Perfect
| I | would have deflected |
| you | would have deflected |
| he;she;it | would have deflected |
| we | would have deflected |
| you | would have deflected |
| they | would have deflected |
Imperative
| you | deflect |
| we | Let's deflect |
| you | deflect |
Verbs conjugated like 'deflect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deflect'
defect,
reflect,
befleck,
debleat,
defeat,
deflea,
defleece,
deflesh,
deflex,
defloat,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1555, from L.
deflectere "to bend aside or downward," from
de- "away" +
flectere "to bend." Originally transitive, the intrans. sense is first recorded 1646.
2. From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”). See: Latin '
deflecto'.
Sample Sentences
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The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
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The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
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Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] "worked out." [1979 December 29, Rudy Kikel, “Young Men”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 16:]
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Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home. [2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism”, in The Guardian:]