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🙂 Likely or willing ⛰️ Sloping surface
inclined

inclined

194 3.8
Likely to do something or feel a certain way
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈklaɪnd/
translation icon : propenso
  • The military everywhere, for that matter, was inclined to support such a view.
  • more inclined
  • less inclined
  • inclined to believe

Not not just smart, but inclined towards learning.

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Examples

  • Perhaps it appears that students in schools are not always inclined to see the value of history right away.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Well, I'm inclined to agree with you, except it was confirmed by another friend.

    The Lilac Thief (2019)

  • And if people look at it as free money, then I think they are more inclined to use that.

  • I mean, so there are people who I would not be inclined to talk to.

  • And then you have years or decades when you are either not inclined to work or cannot work.

  • And I am inclined to give it to you.

    LOL (2012)

  • From what he had observed, he was inclined to think she might well be correct.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • As a result, students may be more inclined to turn to ESPs for support.

    Academic text (2013)

  • She seems much more inclined toward foreign intervention than Trump is.

    Megyn Kelly

  • He is inclined to support the new policy due to its benefits.

Synonyms

minded
vsinclined
392 4.9

Willing to do something

is a broader word for a general tendency, not only phrase use
prone
vsinclined
133 4.0

Likely to get sick or to forget things

is neutral and covers simple preference rather than unwanted tendencies
disposed
vsinclined
  • Formal
5.9

Willing or likely to do something

is the more general term for a simple preference or likely action

Antonyms

unwilling
139 3.4

Not wanting to do something and doing it only because you must

disinclined
  • Formal
5 6.4

Not willing to do something because you do not really want to

Compounds

inclined plane
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A flat sloping surface that helps move heavy things up or down

inclined fault
  • Specialized
9.0

A break in the ground where one side moves up at an angle

How Likely

eager
447 1.0
disposed
  • Formal
5.9
inclined
194 3.8
disinclined
  • Formal
5 6.4
reluctant
247 3.5
unwilling
139 3.4

Surface Forms

inclined positive

Morphology

inclined = incline (semi-transparent) = incline + ed

The abstract sense 'having a tendency' is a metaphorical extension of 'leaning' (physically) to 'leaning' in disposition, so inference is possible but requires recognizing the metaphor.

Etymology

Inclined comes from the Latin clinare 'to bend', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone 'leaning' toward a choice. So if you are inclined to do something, you are 'leaning' or likely to do it, which is why the word now means a tendency or preference.