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Meaning of inflected in English

inflected
adjective
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/ɪnˈflek.tɪd/ us
/ɪnˈflek.tɪd/
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An inflected form of a word has a changed spelling or ending that shows the way it is used in sentences:
"Finds" and "found" are inflected forms of "find".
slightly changed by the influence of a particular thing:
music subtly inflected with jazz
a politically inflected play
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(Definition of inflected from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
有屈折成分的, 有屈折變化的, （被）略作改變的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
有屈折成分的, 有屈折变化的, （被）略作改变的…
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in Spanish
inflexionado…
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in Portuguese
flexionado…
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