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verb
- 1. be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something: "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"
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INCLINE definition: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.
The meaning of INCLINE is to bend the head or body forward : bow. How to use incline in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incline.
INCLINE meaning: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.
to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant. Synonyms: pitch, fall, rise, slope, lean. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed: We incline to rest and relaxation these days. Synonyms: lean, tend. to tend, in a physical sense; approximate: The flowers incline toward blue. Synonyms: veer, verge.
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.
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.
verb. /ɪnˈklaɪn/ (formal) Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to tend to think or behave in a particular way; to make somebody do this. incline to/towards something I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage. Young people incline towards individualistic behaviour.
Definition of incline noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
INCLINE definition: 1. If you incline your head, you bend your neck so that your face bends down. 2. a slope: . Learn more.
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′)
