Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to inflect
Participle: inflected
Gerund: inflecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | inflect |
| you | inflect |
| he;she;it | inflects |
| we | inflect |
| you | inflect |
| they | inflect |
Perfect
| I | have inflected |
| you | have inflected |
| he;she;it | has inflected |
| we | have inflected |
| you | have inflected |
| they | have inflected |
Past
| I | inflected |
| you | inflected |
| he;she;it | inflected |
| we | inflected |
| you | inflected |
| they | inflected |
Pluperfect
| I | had inflected |
| you | had inflected |
| he;she;it | had inflected |
| we | had inflected |
| you | had inflected |
| they | had inflected |
Future
| I | will inflect |
| you | will inflect |
| he;she;it | will inflect |
| we | will inflect |
| you | will inflect |
| they | will inflect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have inflected |
| you | will have inflected |
| he;she;it | will have inflected |
| we | will have inflected |
| you | will have inflected |
| they | will have inflected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | inflect |
| you | inflect |
| he;she;it | inflect |
| we | inflect |
| you | inflect |
| they | inflect |
Perfect
| I | have inflected |
| you | have inflected |
| he;she;it | have inflected |
| we | have inflected |
| you | have inflected |
| they | have inflected |
Imperfect
| I | inflected |
| you | inflected |
| he;she;it | inflected |
| we | inflected |
| you | inflected |
| they | inflected |
Pluperfect
| I | had inflected |
| you | had inflected |
| he;she;it | had inflected |
| we | had inflected |
| you | had inflected |
| they | had inflected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would inflect |
| you | would inflect |
| he;she;it | would inflect |
| we | would inflect |
| you | would inflect |
| they | would inflect |
Perfect
| I | would have inflected |
| you | would have inflected |
| he;she;it | would have inflected |
| we | would have inflected |
| you | would have inflected |
| they | would have inflected |
Imperative
| you | inflect |
| we | Let's inflect |
| you | inflect |
Verbs conjugated like 'inflect'
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 'inflect'
infect,
inflict,
deflect,
infeft,
infest,
inflesh,
inflex,
infract,
inject,
inlet,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1425, "to bend inward," from L. inflectere (pp. inflexus) "to bend in, change," from in- "in" + flectere "to bend." Grammatical sense is attested 1668; pronunciation sense (in inflection) is c.1600.
2. From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Sample Sentences
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The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.
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In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.