I have an inclination for poetry.
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Inclination
//ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən//
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decisiondeclensiondeclinationdefluxiondelightdescendingdescensiondescentdesiredeterminationdevicediathesisdipdipping the colorsdirectiondirection linediscretiondiscriminationdispositiondown
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kowtowlaunching ramplayleanleaningleaning towerliabilitylielikinglineline of directionline of marchlistlonginglovelurchlustmakemakeupmaking a leg
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mental setmentalitymettlemindmind-setmoldmoodmouldmouldermouldymutual affinitymutual attractionnaturenavigationnepotismnodnoddingnotionobeisanceobjectiveobsequiousnessone-sidednessorientationparti prispartialismpartialityparticular choicepartisanismpartisanshippassionpersonal choicepilotingpitchpleasureplummetingpointpositionpouncepreconceptionpredilectionpredispositionpreferential treatmentprejudgmentprejudiceprepossessionpresenting armsprobabilityproclivitypronenesspropensityprostrationquarterrakeramprangerapidsreadinessresolutionreverencerunsalaamsalutationsalutescarpscrapesensitivity tosentimentservilitysetsexual desireshelving beachsideslantslopesoft spotspiritstampstanding at attentionsteep slopesteeragesteeringstiff climbstomachstoopstrainstreakstripestylesubmissionsubmissivenesssusceptibilityswagswayswoopsympathytalenttalustastetempertemperamenttenorthingtiltingtiptower of pisatracktrendtropismturnturn forturn of mindtwisttypeundetachmentundispassionatenessunneutralityvelleityvolitionwarpwaterfallwayweaknesswhimwhimsywillwill powerwillingnesswishzeal
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97 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κλίμα noun (slant or slope)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রবণতা noun (mental tendency)
Bulgarian
4 entries- наклон noun (physical tilt or bend)
- наклон noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- скат noun (slant or slope)
- склон noun (slant or slope)
Catalan
4 entries- desnivell noun (slant or slope)
- inclinació noun (physical tilt or bend)
- inclinació noun (slant or slope)
- inclinació noun (mental tendency)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倾角 noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
Czech
4 entries- inklinace noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- naklonění noun (physical tilt or bend)
- náklon noun (slant or slope)
- náklonnost noun (mental tendency)
Danish
1 entries- tilbøjelighet noun (mental tendency)
Dutch
4 entries- buiging noun (physical tilt or bend)
- glooiing noun (slant or slope)
- glooiingshoek noun (slant or slope)
- helling noun (slant or slope)
Esperanto
3 entries- emo noun (mental tendency)
- inklino noun (mental tendency)
- tendenco noun (mental tendency)
Finnish
4 entries- inklinaatio noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- kallistuma noun (physical tilt or bend)
- kallistus noun (physical tilt or bend)
- mäki noun (slant or slope)
French
1 entries- inclination noun (physical tilt or bend)
Galician
2 entries- inclinación noun (physical tilt or bend)
- inclinación noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
Georgian
1 entries- მიდრეკილება noun (mental tendency)
German
3 entries- Neigung noun (physical tilt or bend)
- Neigung noun (mental tendency)
- Steigung noun (slant or slope)
Hebrew
2 entries- נטיה noun (mental tendency)
- שיפוע noun (slant or slope)
Hungarian
1 entries- hajlam noun (mental tendency)
Indonesian
2 entries- inklanasi noun (mental tendency)
- keberpihakan noun (mental tendency)
Italian
4 entries- dislivello noun (slant or slope)
- inclinazione noun (physical tilt or bend)
- inclinazione noun (mental tendency)
- inclinazione noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
Latin
1 entries- prōpensiō noun (slant or slope)
Macedonian
4 entries- на́клон noun (physical tilt or bend)
- на́клон noun (slant or slope)
- на́клоност noun (mental tendency)
- наклон noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
Middle English
1 entries- talent noun (mental tendency)
Māori
1 entries- ngākau noun (mental tendency)
Norwegian
1 entries- tilbøyelighet noun (mental tendency)
Polish
4 entries- inklinacja noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- nachylenie noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- pochylenie noun (physical tilt or bend)
- pochyłość noun (slant or slope)
Portuguese
4 entries- inclinação noun (physical tilt or bend)
- inclinação noun (slant or slope)
- inclinação noun (mental tendency)
- inclinação noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
Romanian
4 entries- pantă noun (slant or slope)
- povârniș noun (slant or slope)
- tendință noun (mental tendency)
- înclinare noun (physical tilt or bend)
Russian
4 entries- накло́н noun (physical tilt or bend)
- накло́н noun (slant or slope)
- накло́н noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- накло́нность noun (mental tendency)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- inklinacija noun (geometry: angle of intersection)
- nagnuće noun (mental tendency)
- sklonost noun (mental tendency)
Swedish
1 entries- böjelse noun (mental tendency)
Ukrainian
1 entries- схи́льність noun (mental tendency)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He showed his agreement by a sight inclination of his head.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Source: tatoeba (411123)
They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.
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