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# incline

«incline» in Mova's school dictionary: **A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining); noun (an incline, inclines)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#m1)

2) (verb) To lean, tilt or bend something, for example to incline your head to show you agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#m2)

3) (verb, formal) To tend to or want to: «I'm inclined to agree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#m3)

4) (verb, formal) To make someone want to do something: the warm day inclined us to swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, an inclined plane (a ramp) is a simple machine that makes lifting easier — longer path, smaller force; pupils roll cars down inclines to test friction and speed. In maths, the incline of a line is its slope. In everyday speech, «I'm inclined to…» means «I'd rather…». Phrases: inclined plane, a steep incline, be inclined to, if you're so inclined.

### examples

- We rolled toy cars down an incline to test which went furthest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x1)
- The road has a steep incline, so cyclists get off and push. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x2)
- A ramp is an inclined plane that helps lift heavy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x3)
- She inclined her head politely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x4)
- I'm inclined to believe him; he's usually honest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x5)
- The treadmill can be set to an incline to make walking harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x6)
- If you're so inclined, you can do the bonus question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x7)
- Two circumstances which now occurred induced the Trojans to incline towards the latter opinion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/#x8)

### note

Stress: noun IN-cline, verb in-CLINE. Noun «inclination» = a slope or a liking. In maths, a steeper incline means a bigger gradient: rise ÷ run.

### In the corpora

- [And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.770/)
- [yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.228/)
- [But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1167/)
- [I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.655/)
- [I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.800/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incline» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incline/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.