incline

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
2. (intransitive) To slope.
3. (intransitive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

Noun

1. A slope.
2. A portal of a subway tunnel.

Concepten

neigen

buigen

geneigd zijn

geneigd zijn tot

hellen

helling

doen overhellen

overhellen

glooien

geneigd zijn tot

gradiënt

zich bukken

afhellen

geneigd zijn

aflopen

Synoniemen

lean

slope

slant

tilt

bend

tend

stoop

bow

🙇

list

gradient

tip

pitch

careen

dispose

decline

recline

ascent

twist

be given

trend

verge

fall

inclination

cant

run

lead

veer

conjugate

bank

🏦

angle

side

sink

sway

prompt

persuade

ramp

lean over

induce

inflect

impel

incite

dip

empty

bend down

gravitate

be inclined

grade

heel

inclined plane

be prejudiced

Vertalingen

neigen

incliner

pendio

inclinare

inclinar

pencher

inclinar

Abhang

pente

Steigung

cuesta

pendenza

sich neigen

inclinazione

kippen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪnˈklaɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: enclinen

In summary

From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).