What is the meaning of inflected?

verb

  • Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language.
  • Vary the pitch of one's speech.

adjective

  • Of the voice. ( altered in tone or pitch)
    • usage: "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"
  • Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes. )
    • usage: "`boys' and `swam' are inflected English words"; "German is an inflected language"
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