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Adjective inclined has 4 senses
- inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"
Antonyms: disinclined, afraid, antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth, reluctant
- inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
Antonyms: horizontal, crosswise, flat, level, naiant, swimming, vertical, perpendicular, plumb, upended, upright, unsloped
- disposed, fain, inclined, prepared - having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
Antonym: unwilling (indirect, via willing)
- bent, bowed, inclined - used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
Verb incline has 5 senses
- tend, be given, lean, incline, run - have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- incline - bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
--2 is one way to listen, hear, take heed
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- incline - lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student"
--3 is one way to lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- slope, incline, pitch - be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
--4 is one way to lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
--5 is one way to determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
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