inflected
part of speech
adjective (inflected); verb, past form of «inflect» (inflect, inflects, inflected, inflecting)
meaning for a pupil
1) (grammar) Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk». tree →
2) (grammar) Describing a language that changes word endings a lot, like Latin, German or Ukrainian. tree →
3) (voice) Changed in pitch, as a voice that goes up at the end of a question. tree →
sense in the lessons
In English and grammar lessons, inflected forms are the different forms of one word: cat/cats, run/ran/running, big/bigger/biggest. Learning French or Ukrainian, pupils see heavily inflected words with many endings. Phrases: inflected form, highly inflected language.
examples
- «Ran» is an inflected form of «run». tree →
- Latin is a highly inflected language with many word endings. tree →
- «Cats» is the inflected plural of «cat». tree →
- English is less inflected than German. tree →
- Her voice inflected upward at the end of the question. tree →
- In a dictionary, inflected forms are listed with the main word. tree →
note
Verb «inflect»; noun «inflection» (UK also «inflexion»). Inflection keeps it the same word in a new form; derivation makes a new word (happy → happiness).
Trees and pragmatics
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