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incline

The correct spelling is incline.

How to pronounce incline

noun

Say it like: Inc-lin-e

The correct spelling is incline. A slope. For example: "To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline."

Usage Examples

To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.

Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A slope.

verb

  1. 1.To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
  2. 2.To slope.
  3. 3.(chiefly in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

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