2 meanings
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1 —as in:
I'm inclined to
Definition
a tendency; in the mood; or an attitude that favors something- I'm inclined to believe him.
inclined = have a tendency; or an attitude or mood that favors something
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I was inclined to laugh, but overcame the urge.
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- inclined to believe conspiracy theories
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.John Adams
- Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.W. Somerset Maugham
- Wherever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.Thomas Haliburton
- her inclination is for classical music
- We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.
.Norman Vincent Peale - That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. ...everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfill.Aristotle
inclined = with a tendency or mood that favored something
2 —as in:
on an incline or incline his head
Definition
to be at an angle or to bend- I climbed down the incline.
incline = something that is at an angle (in this case, probably sloping land)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She inclined her head to indicate her agreement.
- an inclined plane
- (inclining his head, and whispering seriously)Jane Austen -- Emma
- The car moved forward a few more feet, snow flying in the air, and then it stopped moving, defeated by the physics of ice and incline.Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
- As I walked up the steep incline, I noticed an old familiar face.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- ...inclined his head as if he did not wholly dispute even that.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- The men, obedient as machines, rushed down the rocky incline towards the beach,Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- The loose horses walked uncertainly down the shallow rock incline of the basin and blew at the water and drank.Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
- She drove to the lake and parked her car on the boat ramp's steep incline,Rick Bragg -- All Over but the Shoutin'
inclined = nodded (briefly bent or angled)
inclining = bending (or tilting)
incline = hill (angle)
inclined = bent
incline = slope (angle)
incline = slope
incline = angle (hill)