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- DictionaryIn·cline
verb
- 1. feel willing or favorably disposed toward (an action, belief, or attitude): "he was inclined to accept the offer"
- 2. have a tendency to do something: "she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers"
noun
- 1. an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway: "the road climbs a long incline through a forest"
incline implies a tendency to favor one of two or more actions or conclusions. bias suggests a settled and predictable leaning in one direction and connotes unfair prejudice. dispose suggests an affecting of one's mood or temper so as to incline one toward something.
Incline definition: to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.. See examples of INCLINE used in a sentence.
INCLINE definition: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.
INCLINE meaning: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.
Something that slopes — that is, something that deviates from the straight horizontal or vertical — can be called an incline. If you like to walk up and down hills, you enjoy walking on inclines.
1. To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action: Some researchers incline toward a different view of the problem. 2. To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant: When the path inclined steeply, it became difficult to continue hiking. 3. To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow. n. (ĭn′klīn′)
Synonyms for INCLINE: slope, inclination, gradient, lean, pitch, ascent, diagonal, climb; Antonyms of INCLINE: decline, fall, declivity, dip, descent, declination, declension, hanging.
2. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed. We incline to rest and relaxation these days. 3. to tend, in a physical sense; approximate. The flowers incline toward blue. 4. to tend in character or in course of action. a political philosophy that inclines toward the conservative.
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. incline verb. To slope. Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
