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.

INCLINE definition: to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant. See examples of incline used in a sentence.

incline vb 1. to deviate or cause to deviate from a particular plane, esp a vertical or horizontal plane; slope or slant

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

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.

to tend in character or in course of action: a political philosophy that inclines toward the conservative. bend. to dispose (a person) in mind, habit, etc. (usually fol. by to): His attitude …

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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.

• This was an area of sloping fields and the track mounted a gradual incline. • The council houses followed the curve of the road, which wound up a slight incline.

INCLINE meaning: 1 : to bend forward or to cause (something) to bend forward; 2 : to lean or slope