I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
head
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As soon as their eyes met he inclined his head in acknowledgement.
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He inclined his head slightly and tried to see up the stairs.
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Vic inclined his head in a mock bow.
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He inclines his head in a way I have not seen.
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He listens, and sometimes he inclines his head sympathetically, as if to get a better purchase on what I am saying.
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Urquhart inclined his head and seemed to listen to the wind.
view
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Indeed, we are inclined firmly to the view that this is generally the case.
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It may well be, and I incline to the view , that his conclusion is equally applicable to section 69.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
artistically/musically/mathematically etc inclined
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For the artistically inclined the flea markets of Paris are full of interest and are, of course, totally free.
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If you are musically inclined , you might hear sounds or tones.
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Some people are very mathematically inclined , others excel in verbal skills.
be inclined to agree/think/believe etc
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After reading this book, you might be inclined to think so.
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Before then, we are inclined to believe only hip jazz musicians and self-destructive beat poets did dope.
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I am inclined to believe the police.
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Or did he, as some are inclined to think, actually invent it?
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Some conservative politicians were inclined to agree.
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Still, when he makes a statement such as you refer to, I would be inclined to believe him.
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We are inclined to think of connections between earlier and later events rather than connections between simultaneous events.
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You are inclined to agree with their judgement.
be inclined to do sth/inclined to sth
be/feel inclined (to do sth)
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After reading this book, you might be inclined to think so.
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I would be inclined to add an external canister filter to your set-up, such as an Eheim 2215.
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I would be inclined to remove the odd fish, though.
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Still, when he makes a statement such as you refer to, I would be inclined to believe him.
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The faster the heart beats the more rapidly we may be inclined to breathe and the more oxygen we take in.
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The Fed chief implied the central bank might be inclined to wait until its March 20 meeting before taking such a step.
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We might be inclined to reject the arrangement because it seems unattractive and not what we want.
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We naturally feel inclined to reject these theories for that reason.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Pits in front of the heavy bunker doors, which incline outwards, collect any debris thrown up during an attack.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
slight
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The council houses followed the curve of the road, which wound up a slight incline .
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And with her body positioned at a slight incline , her spine benefits from the normal force of gravity.
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She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy.
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They are situated on a slight south-east incline amidst surrounding flat lands.
steep
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After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift!
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The slow gradient ended when the road climbed the steepest incline I had yet encountered.
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They continued on, up the steep incline and into the castle.
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It propelled capitalism up the longest and steepest economic incline in history, but at a cost.
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Although her descent down the steep incline took several minutes, the queue at the foot remained motionless.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift!
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Nor can I take an incline railcar up Schlossberg mountain for a panoramic view.
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The council houses followed the curve of the road, which wound up a slight incline .
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The tide of red taillights ahead of them ran under an overpass and turned up an incline .
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This stretch of approximately three miles includes the whole of the famous 1:29 Golfa incline .
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This was an area of sloping fields and the track mounted a gradual incline .