inclinationnoun
usuk/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/inclination noun (FEELING)
C2 [ C or U ] a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing:
[ + to infinitive ] My own inclination would be to look for another job.
We should be basing our decisions on solid facts, not inclinations and hunches.
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Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- longing
- lust
- thirst
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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Motives and reasons
inclination noun (MOVEMENT)
[ C ] formal a small downward movement:
a solemn inclination of the head
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- cue
- finger
- gesture
- give sb the finger idiom
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb off
- wave sb/sth down
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inclination noun (ANGLE)
[ C usually singular, U ] specialized mathematics, engineering the angle at which something slopes
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Geometry: parts of geometrical shapes
- angle
- circumference
- corresponding sides
- crosswise
- diameter
- frustum
- hemisphere
- hypotenuse
- line
- line segment
- node
- perimeter
- plane
- quadrant
- radius
- section
- side
- sin 1
- vertex
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting