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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: 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.
Incline definition: to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.. See examples of INCLINE used in a sentence.
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.
3 days ago · 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.
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′)
[intransitive, transitive] incline (something) (to/towards something) to lean or slope in a particular direction; to make something lean or slope. The land inclined gently towards the shore.
1. An incline is land that slopes at an angle. [formal] [...] 2. If you incline your head, you bend your neck so that your head is leaning forward. [written] [...] 3. If you incline to think or act in a particular way, or if something inclines you to it, you are likely to think or act in that way. [formal] [...] More. Conjugations of 'incline'
INCLINE meaning: 1. If you incline your head, you bend your neck so that your face bends down. 2. a slope: . Learn more.
