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Incline vs. Inclined — What's the Difference?

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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