incline, bias, dispose, predispose mean to influence one to have or take an attitude toward something. incline implies a tendency to favor one of two or more actions or conclusions. bias …

INCLINE definition: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.

Something that slopes — that is, something that deviates from the straight horizontal or vertical — can be called an incline. If you like to walk up and down hills, you enjoy walking on inclines.

Incline, inclined, inclining, or inclination may refer to: . Grade (slope), the tilt, steepness, or angle from horizontal of a topographic feature (hillside, meadow, etc.) or constructed element (road, railway, field, etc.) Slope, the tilt, steepness, or angle from horizontal of a line (in mathematics and geometry); Incline may also refer to: . Cable railway, a steeply graded railway that uses ...

An incline is land that slopes at an angle. He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline. If you incline to think or act in a particular way, or if something inclines you to it, you are likely to think or act in that way. I incline to the view that he is right.

INCLINE meaning: 1. to (make someone) feel something or want to do something: 2. to (cause to) slope at a…. Learn more.

Definition of incline verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to tend to think or behave in a particular way; to make somebody do this. incline to/towards something I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage. Young people incline towards individualistic behaviour.

1. to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant. 2. to have a mental tendency, preference, etc.; be disposed: He inclines toward mysticism. 3. to approach; approximate: The color inclines toward blue. 4. to tend in character or in course of action. 5. to lean; bend. 6. to persuade; dispose: Her attitude did not incline me to help her.

Her head inclined forward. He inclined [= (more commonly) nodded] his head slightly. She listened with her eyes closed and her head inclined. The road inclines at an angle of about 12 degrees. His love of books inclined him toward a literary career. We drove up a steep incline to the summit. You can adjust the incline of the ramp.

INCLINE meaning: 1. If you incline your head, you bend your neck so that your face bends down. 2. a slope: . Learn more.