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   incline

   verb

   • 1. be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something: "he was inclined to accept the offer"
   • ▪ (especially as a polite formula) tend to have a specified opinion: "I'm inclined to agree with you"
   • ▪ make (someone) disposed to do something: "his prejudice inclines him to overlook obvious facts" Similar predisposeleadmakemake of a mind todisposebiasprejudicepromptinduceinfluenceswaypersuadeconvince
   • ▪ feel favourably disposed towards someone or something: "I incline to the view that this conclusion is untenable" Similar preferhave a preference forfavourbe favourably disposed togo forhave a penchant forhave a liking fortendleanswingveergravitatebe drawnbe attractedtrend
   • 2. have a tendency to do something: "she's inclined to gossip with complete strangers"
   • ▪ have a specified disposition or talent: "some people are very mathematically inclined"
   • 3. lean or turn away from a given plane or direction, especially the vertical or horizontal: "the bunker doors incline outwards" Similar leantiltangletipslopeslantbendcurvebankcantbevellistheeldeviate
   • ▪ bend (one's head) forwards and downwards: "he inclined his head in agreement" Similar bendbownodboblowerdipOpposite raiselift

   noun

   • 1. an inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway: "the road climbs a long incline through a forest"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’; formerly also as encline): from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inclinable adjective
   • 2. incliner noun

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   What does it mean if you incline your head?

   • If you incline your head, you bend your neck so that your head is leaning forward . Jack inclined his head very slightly. [VERB noun] An incline is land that slopes at an angle . He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 3. 4. See incline one's ear 5.

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   What is an example of an incline?

   • loading examples... 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.

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   What do you incline to?

   • incline to/towards something I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage. Young people incline towards individualistic behaviour. incline to do something The government is more effective than we incline to think. incline somebody to/towards something Lack of money inclines many young people towards crime.

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   What does inclinar mean?

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   How is incline pronounced?

   • The noun is pronounced (ɪnklaɪn ). 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. I incline to the view that he is right. [V + to/towards] ...the factors which incline us towards particular beliefs. [V n + to/towards]

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   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.

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