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inclined

The correct spelling is inclined.

How to pronounce inclined

/ɪnˈklaɪnd/
verb

IPA: /ɪnˈklaɪnd/

Say it like: Inc-lin-ed

The correct spelling is inclined. To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. For example: "He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm."

Usage Examples

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.

He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

Meanings

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.

adjective

  1. 1.At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
  2. 2.Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

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