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Meaning of "incline" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCLINE

From Latin inclīnāre to cause to lean, from clīnāre to bend.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF INCLINE

ɪnˈklaɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCLINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incline is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb incline in English.

WHAT DOES INCLINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incline in the English dictionary

The first definition of incline in the dictionary is to deviate or cause to deviate from a particular plane, esp a vertical or horizontal plane; slope or slant. Other definition of incline is when tr, may take an infinitive to be disposed or cause to be disposed. Incline is also to bend or lower, as in a bow or in order to listen.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCLINE

PRESENT

Present
I incline
you incline
he/she/it inclines
we incline
you incline
they incline
Present continuous
I am inclining
you are inclining
he/she/it is inclining
we are inclining
you are inclining
they are inclining
Present perfect
I have inclined
you have inclined
he/she/it has inclined
we have inclined
you have inclined
they have inclined
Present perfect continuous
I have been inclining
you have been inclining
he/she/it has been inclining
we have been inclining
you have been inclining
they have been inclining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I inclined
you inclined
he/she/it inclined
we inclined
you inclined
they inclined
Past continuous
I was inclining
you were inclining
he/she/it was inclining
we were inclining
you were inclining
they were inclining
Past perfect
I had inclined
you had inclined
he/she/it had inclined
we had inclined
you had inclined
they had inclined
Past perfect continuous
I had been inclining
you had been inclining
he/she/it had been inclining
we had been inclining
you had been inclining
they had been inclining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will incline
you will incline
he/she/it will incline
we will incline
you will incline
they will incline
Future continuous
I will be inclining
you will be inclining
he/she/it will be inclining
we will be inclining
you will be inclining
they will be inclining
Future perfect
I will have inclined
you will have inclined
he/she/it will have inclined
we will have inclined
you will have inclined
they will have inclined
Future perfect continuous
I will have been inclining
you will have been inclining
he/she/it will have been inclining
we will have been inclining
you will have been inclining
they will have been inclining
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would incline
you would incline
he/she/it would incline
we would incline
you would incline
they would incline
Conditional continuous
I would be inclining
you would be inclining
he/she/it would be inclining
we would be inclining
you would be inclining
they would be inclining
Conditional perfect
I would have incline
you would have incline
he/she/it would have incline
we would have incline
you would have incline
they would have incline
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been inclining
you would have been inclining
he/she/it would have been inclining
we would have been inclining
you would have been inclining
they would have been inclining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you incline
we let´s incline
you incline
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to incline
Past participle
inclined
Present Participle
inclining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCLINE

anticline · cline · decline · disincline · eugeosyncline · geanticline · geosyncline · halocline · helicline · hotline · isocline · Klein · Kline · microcline · monocline · pericline · recline · syncline · tetracycline · thermocline

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCLINE

inclement · inclemently · inclementness · inclinable · inclinableness · inclination · inclinational · inclinatoria · inclinatorium · inclinatory · incline one´s ear · inclined · inclined plane · inclined railway · incliner · inclinometer · inclip · inclosable · inclose · incloser

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCLINE

A-line · airline · aline · Caroline · chlortetracycline · deadline · discipline · doxycycline · gasoline · headline · hold the line · in-line · line · offline · on line · online · outline · oxytetracycline · skyline · timeline

Synonyms and antonyms of incline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCLINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incline» and belong to the same grammatical category.
acclivity · ascent · bend · bevel · bias · bow · cant · declivity · descent · deviate · dip · dispose · diverge · grade · gradient · heel · influence · lean · lower · nod · nutate · persuade · predispose · prejudice · ramp · rise · slant · slope · stoop · sway · tend · tilt · tip · turn · veer

Translation of «incline» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF INCLINE

Find out the translation of incline to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of incline from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incline» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

斜坡
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pendiente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

incline
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

झुकाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انحدر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

наклона
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ladeira
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঢলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

pente
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cenderung
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Abhang
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

傾斜面
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비탈
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Incline
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giốc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

झुकणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

eğim
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pendio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nachylenie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

нахилу
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

înclinație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lutning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skråning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incline

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCLINE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of incline
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «incline».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incline

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «INCLINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incline.
1
Jonathan Edwards
Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.
2
Barney Frank
The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
3
Theodor Herzl
I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.
4
Aldous Huxley
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
5
Michael York
The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCLINE»

Discover the use of incline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Incline algebra and applications
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Zhi-Qiang Cao, Ki Hang Kim, Fred William Roush, 1984
2
Incline our hearts
A World War II orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village, comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service
A. N. Wilson, 1990
3
Johnstown Trolleys and Incline
Johnstown Trolleys and Incline covers the history of the trolley car system, trackless trolleys, and the Johnstown Inclined Plane.
Kenneth C. Springirth, 2006
4
Incline, O Maiden..
Each major part is further divided into smaller formal sections that are supported and delineated by five major motives that serve as the vast majority of the musical material, and are at the forefront of each formal and dramatic division ...
James Duffy Norman, 2008
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The Effect of Shoe Heel Height and Floor Incline on the ...
Conclusion. The requirement to wear high heeled shoes while jumping may be an important reason why women dancers suffer more lateral ankle sprains than men. Floor surface interacts with high heeled shoes to further increase risk.
Marijeanne Liederbach, 2008
6
Quicksmart Introductory Physics
We now consider the motion of a rigid body about a moving axis (for example, a ball rolling down an incline). When a rigid body rolls over and over, it is undergoing both linear and rotational motion as shown in Figure 9.1. The total kinetic ...
C. Turville, B. Vaile, 1995
7
The Inclines of Cincinnati
2446, was pulled up the Mount Adams Incline to the top of the hill. The ride took two and a half minutes and lasted 72 years. Four resorts, the Lookout House, the Highland House, the Bellevue House, and the Price Hill House, clung to the city's  ...
Melissa Kramer, 2009
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Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories ...
Railroad Consolidated C0 Incline . . . . . . . . . . .. \Vindlass . ... Consolidated Co. Tunnel and incline. ... New York and Austin Co. Incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 horse- power engine. 600 Miners .... . . Leased taofSampson 6:. Co. - Patent a ) lie or.
United States. Department of the Treasury, Rossiter Worthington Raymond, 1870
9
Paper on the Thul Ghaut Railway Incline [of the Great Indian ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Berkley, 2009
10
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 1, Chapters 1-22
Energy methods can be used to treat a class of problems concerning the rolling motion of an object on a rough incline. For example, consider Active Figure 10.26 , which shows a sphere rolling without slipping after being released from rest at ...
Raymond Serway, John Jewett, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCLINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Incline Village roundabout entrance taken down to one lane
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — With an eye toward slowing fast-moving vehicles, state crews this week reduced eastbound Highway 28 from two ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
2
Incline Village Crime Logs: Hikers, deputies hear shots fired near …
At 10:42 a.m. and 12:33 p.m., in the area of Incline Lake, deputies responded to several calls from people hiking of shots fired. Deputies could ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
3
Top runners face fierce incline at Whistler's Red Bull 400 | Georgia …
Mike Simpson accomplished something that most weekend hikers would think unimaginable. On his very first attempt at the Grouse Grind in ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
4
VIDEO: Resident Questions Efficiency Of California Incline Upgrade
The City of Santa Monica, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is reconstructing the California Incline ... «Santa Monica Mirror, Jul 15»
5
Of Thee I Sing
This production at the new Incline Theater has rounded up fine cast of performers, led by Rodger Pille as feisty Boston attorney John Adams, ... «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jul 15»
6
Babson Provides Debt, Makes Equity Co-Investment to Support …
"Incline Equity Partners is pleased to partner with Babson on our investment in AFC Holdings," said Jack Glover, Partner with Incline. "We value ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
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Incline Village crime logs: $12000 ring reported lost at Burnt Cedar …
At 7:41 p.m., at the Incline Scenic Lookout, deputies responded to a report of a deceased person. While the incident is under investigation, the ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
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Village Notes: What's happening in Incline Village
This week will continue to be a challenge for late afternoon activities as we seem to be in the path of some rain and storms. Stay alert if you are ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
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GUEST COLUMN: Incline can't survive current misuse
I appreciated the recent Gazette article about the dangers of the Incline, but individuals hurting themselves should not concern our community ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
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Incline celebrates July 4th with parades, fireworks
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Not even overcast and occasional rain showers could dampen Incline Village's Fourth of July celebrations this past ... «Sierra Sun, Jul 15»
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