Incline vs. Inclined — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Incline and Inclined
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Incline
To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency
Dispose.
Inclined
Sloping, slanting, or leaning.
Incline
To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action
I'm inclined to agree with you. Are you inclined to go to out tonight?.
Inclined
Having a preference, disposition, or tendency
Lobbied the positively inclined senators to push for the bill's passage.
Incline
To cause to lean, slant, or slope
"Galileo ... inclined the plane and rolled brass balls down it" (George Johnson).
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Inclined
At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
Incline
To bend or lower in a nod or bow
I inclined my head in acquiescence.
Inclined
Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
I am inclined to believe you.
Incline
To be disposed to a certain preference, opinion, or course of action
Some researchers incline toward a different view of the problem.
Inclined
Simple past tense and past participle of incline
Incline
To deviate from the horizontal or vertical; slant
When the path inclined steeply, it became difficult to continue hiking.
Inclined
Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue.
Incline
To lower or bend the head or body, as in a nod or bow.
Inclined
Making an angle with some line or plane; - said of a line or plane.
Incline
An inclined surface; a slope or gradient
The car rolled down the incline.
Inclined
Bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a curve with the convex side uppermost.
Incline
(transitive) 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.
The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
Inclined
(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency;
Wasn't inclined to believe the excuse
Inclined to be moody
Incline
(intransitive) To slope.
Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
Inclined
At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position;
An inclined plane
A vertical camera angle
The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab
Measure the perpendicular height
Incline
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.
I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
Inclined
Having made preparations;
Prepared to take risks
Incline
A slope.
To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
Inclined
Used especially of the head or upper back;
A bent head and sloping shoulders
Incline
A portal of a subway tunnel.
Incline
To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
Incline
Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct, or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
Their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech.
Power finds its balance, giddy motions ceaseIn both the scales, and each inclines to peace.
Incline
To bow; to incline the head.
Incline
To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.
Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear.
Incline
To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies.
Incline our hearts to keep this law.
Incline
To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
With due respect my body I inclined.
Incline
An inclined plane; an ascent or descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Incline
An elevated geological formation;
He climbed the steep slope
The house was built on the side of the mountain
Incline
An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another
Incline
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
Incline
Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well;
He inclined his ear to the wise old man
Incline
Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow;
She inclined her head to the student
Incline
Be at an angle;
The terrain sloped down
Incline
Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief;
Their language inclines us to believe them
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