Question

inclination

Accepted Answer

1 [countable, uncountable] a feeling that makes you want to do something

My natural inclination was to say no.

inclination to do something
Neither of my children showed the slightest inclination to follow me into journalism.

2 [countable, uncountable] a

tendency
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to think or

behave
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in a particular way

inclination to do something
an inclination to see everything in political terms

inclination to/towards
She’s troubled by her son’s inclination toward atheism.

by inclination
Bart was a romantic by inclination.

3 [countable] a

movement
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made down towards the ground
She greeted Maggie with an inclination of the head.

4 [countable, uncountable] formal a

slope
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, or the

angle
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at which something slopes

Inclination Countable Uncountable A To A Feeling Makes

inclination