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incline

US: /ˈɪnkɫaɪn/, /ˌɪnˈkɫaɪn/

English Vietnamese dictionary

incline /in'klain/

danh từ
- mặt nghiêng
- chỗ dốc, con đường dốc

ngoại động từ, (thường), dạng bị động
- khiến cho sãn sàng, khiến cho có ý thiên về, khiến cho có khuynh hướng, khiến cho có chiều hướng
  - this result will incline them to try again: kết quả đó khiến cho họ có ý muốn thử lại một lần nữa
  - to be inclined to believe that...: có ý tin là...
  - to be inclined to lazy: có khuynh hướng muốn lười

nội động từ
- có ý sãn sàng, có ý thích, có ý thiên về, có khuynh hướng, có chiều hướng
  - I incline to believe...: tôi sãn sàng tin là..., tôi có ý tin là...
  - to incline to obesity: có chiều hướng béo phị ra
- nghiêng đi, xiên đi
- nghiêng mình, cúi đầu

Advanced English dictionary

verb, noun
+ verb (formal)
1 ~ (sb) to / towards sth to tend to think or behave in a particular way; to make sb do this: [V] I incline to the view that we should take no action at this stage. + Young people incline towards individualistic behaviour. + [V to inf] The government is more effective than we incline to think. + [VN] Lack of money inclines many young people towards crime. + [VN to inf] His obvious sincerity inclined me to trust him.
2 [VN] ~ your head to bend your head forward, especially as a sign of agreement, greeting, etc: He inclined his head in acknowledgement.
3 ~ (sth) (to / towards sth) to lean or slope in a particular direction; to make sth lean or slope: [V] The land inclined gently towards the shore. [also VN]
+ noun (formal) a slope: a steep / slight incline

Thesaurus dictionary

1 tend, lean, bend, bow, slant, tilt, angle, bank, slope, ascend, rise, descend:

The road inclines to the horizontal after a curve.

2 dispose, influence, persuade, predispose, make, lead, prejudice, bias:

Their accents might incline you to think of them as foreigners.

3 tend, lean, gravitate, show favour or preference, be attracted to, be biased or prejudiced, have a mind; be disposed or predisposed, lean, tend:

I incline towards the other candidate. He inclines towards corpulence.

4 slope, pitch, grade, gradient, slant, ramp, hill, dip, descent, declivity, rise, ascent, acclivity:

The car picked up speed going down one incline and slowed going up the next.

Collocation dictionary

¹ bend forward

ADV.

slightly

Luke inclined his head slightly in acknowledgement.

| graciously, politely

² lean/slope

ADV.

gently, steeply

PREP.

towards

The land inclined gently towards the shore.

Concise English dictionary

inclines|inclined|incliningɪn'klaɪn
noun
+an elevated geological formation
+an inclined surface connecting two levels
verb
+have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
+bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well
+lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow
+be at an angle
+make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief