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Inclined

/ɪnˈklaɪnd/

To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

📖 Definitions of "Inclined"

verb
  1. 1

    To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

    "He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm."

  2. 2

    To slope.

    "Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline."

  3. 3

    (chiefly in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

    "He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers."

adjective
  1. 1

    At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.

    "The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees."

  2. 2

    Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

    "I am inclined to believe you."

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