inclined
inclined
Definition
in·clined (in klīnd′)
adjective
- having an inclination; specif.,
- at or on a slant; sloping; leaning
- disposed; willing; tending
- forming an angle with another line, plane, or body
inclined
Synonyms
inclined
modif.
inclined
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Having union involvement makes workers more inclined to participate in organizational restructuring.
Modifying Another Word
- so: Friday 14th April 2006 If you feel so inclined, then reviving an old love relationship should be easy.
- scientifically: For these reasons most scientists ( which includes scientifically inclined epidemiologists ) take a fairly rigorous view of RR values.
- slightly: The large ears are finely fringed and carried slightly inclined.
Infinitive complement
- believe: Are scientists more or less inclined to believe in a personal God than the general public is?
- think: Makes me all the more inclined to think that its Santa's skull structure that is exacerbating any bacterial infection.
- go: In contrast, exhibition Toulouse are often less inclined to go broody.
- take: The ' inner circle ' , they fear, would be dominated by those more inclined to take traditional views on teaching.
- give: We are maybe more inclined to give up at the thought of our suffering, rather than that of others.
- use: Large Business Sector seems less inclined to use regime.
Modifies a noun
- plane: Built an inclined plane on the Dorset & Somerset Canal.
- ;-: Feel free to enjoy the site, or to run away screaming if you're that way inclined;- ) Have fun!
- tramway: There were a number of coalmines to the south of the site which were served by inclined plane tramways.
- rift: Stuart was the first to venture into the unknown and found the sump descended steeply in an inclined rift.
- ramp: Green ' speed ' , or more correctly distance rolled, by a golf ball was measured using an inclined ramp.
- orbit: The dark half faces forward as Iapetus moves in its nearly circular, inclined orbit around Saturn.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near inclined
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- inclinometer
- inclose
- inclosure
- include
- included
- including
- inclusion
- inclusion body
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