inflect
/ɪnˈflɛkt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈflɛkt/
ɪnˈflɛkt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ɪn - ˈflɛkt -> inflect
Myanmar meaning
(vt) (သဒ္ဒါ)ကိန်းကာလ ယောဂ ကိုလိုက်၍ စကားလုံးသဏ္ဌာန်ပြောင်းသည်။အသံနေအသံထားစည်းကိုက်အောင်ပြင်သည်။ကွေးကောက်စေသည်။
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၁။ အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့် ပြောင်းလဲသည်။
၂။ (grammar ) ဝိဘတ်သွယ်သည်။ Russian is a highly inflected language.
❏ inflection (also inflexion ) /Çn'flekʃn/ n
၁။ (grammar ) (က) [U] ဝိဘတ်သွယ်ခြင်း။ (ခ) [C] ရုပ်ပြောင်းမှု။ Use the ‘ed’ inflection to indicate the past tense.
၂။ [U,C] အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့်ပြောင်းမှု။ subtlety of inflection ❍ an Irish inflection. Compare INTONATION ၁, STRESS ၃ (က)
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- an Irish inflection. Compare INTONATION ၁, STRESS ၃ (က)
Synonyms
adjust, air, alter, alternate, announce, arc, arch, articulate, assert, assort, attune, balance, be unlike, bend, blow hot and cold, bow, buckle, bulge, change, coil, come out with, concave, convert, convex, crook, crumple, cry, curl, declare, deliver, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divert, divide, divulge, emphasize, enunciate, fine-tune, fluctuate, give expression, give utterance, gyrate, harmonize, hem and haw, hook, incurve, interchange, intonate, loop, modify, modulate, mutate, part, permutate, present, proclaim, pronounce, put, range, recount, regulate, restrain, revamp, round, say, separate, shilly-shally, skew, snake, sound, speak, spiral, stoop, swerve, switch, take turns, talk, tell, temper, tone, transform, transmogrify, tune, turn, tweak, twist, utter, variegate, vary, veer, vent, verbalize, vocalize, wind, wreathe, yo-yo
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