inclined

English

Alternative forms

• enclin’d (obsolete)
• enclined (obsolete)
• inclin’d (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti ~ *ḱl̥n‌yénti

Proto-Italic *kl(e)inō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

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Proto-Italic *klei- ~ *kli-influ.

Latin clīnō

Latin inclīnāre

Old French enclinerbor.

Middle English enclinen

English incline

English -ed

English inclined

From incline + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈklaɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

inclined (comparative more inclined, superlative most inclined)

1. At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.

   The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.

2. Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

   Synonyms: given to, disposed

   I am inclined to believe you.

   She's inclined to lose her temper.

   • 1749, Sarah Fielding, The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy‎^[1]:

     Mrs. Teachum was about forty years old, tall and genteel in her person, though somewhat inclined to fat.

Derived terms

• inclined elevator
• inclined lift
• inclinedly
• inclined plane
• overinclined
• preinclined
• that way inclined
• uninclined

Translations

slanted, sloped — see also sloped

• Afrikaans: skuins
• Arabic: مَائِل (māʔil)

  Hijazi Arabic: مايل (māyil)

• Armenian: թեք (hy) (tʻekʻ)
• Azerbaijani: meyilli, meyil edən, əyilən
• Bulgarian: наклонен (bg) (naklonen), полегат (bg) (polegat)
• Dutch: scheef (nl), schuin (nl)
• Finnish: kallistettu (fi), kallellaan (fi)
• French: incliné (fr)
• German: schräg (de)
• Hungarian: döntött (hu), lejtős (hu)
• Malayalam: ചാഞ്ഞ (ml) (cāñña), ചരിഞ്ഞ (ml) (cariñña)
• Occitan:

  Old Occitan: clin

• Old English: heald
• Persian: شیبدار (fa) (šibdâr), مایل (fa) (mâyel), متمایل (fa) (motamâyel)
• Russian: накло́нный (ru) (naklónnyj)
• Spanish: inclinado (es)
• Ukrainian: нахи́лений (naxýlenyj)
• Uyghur: يانتۇ (yantu)

having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition — see also prone

• Afrikaans: geneig
• Azerbaijani: meyilli, mayil
• Bulgarian: склонен (bg) (sklonen), предразположен (bg) (predrazpoložen)
• Danish: tilbøjelig
• Esperanto: ema (eo) sg
• Finnish: taipuvainen (fi)
• French: enclin (fr)
• German: geneigt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: καταφερής (katapherḗs)

• Hungarian: hajlamos (hu), (to be inclined [verb]) hajlik (hu)
• Latin: prōpensus
• Macedonian: настроен (nastroen)
• Old English: heald
• Persian: متمایل (fa) (motamâyel)
• Russian: скло́нный (ru) (sklónnyj), предрасполо́женный (ru) (predraspolóžennyj)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: عاطف (ʼatıf)

• Ukrainian: схи́льний m (sxýlʹnyj)

Verb

inclined

1. simple past and past participle of incline

Antonyms

• disinclined

Derived terms

• inclined to
• inclined plane

See also

• incline