The meaning of INCLINATION is a tendency to a particular aspect, state, character, or action. How to use inclination in a sentence.

INCLINATION definition: a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference. See examples of inclination used in a sentence.

INCLINATION definition: 1. a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely…. Learn more.

Definition of inclination noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A characteristic disposition or tendency to act in a certain way; a propensity: "I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves" (Benjamin Franklin).

Sometimes the inclination is literal; in most cases it's about what you incline toward in a figurative sense. An inclination is something you are leaning toward, a tendency you have.

There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun inclination, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

An inclination is a feeling that makes you want to act in a particular way. He had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things. She showed no inclination to go. He set out to follow …

a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc.: the door's inclination to stick. deviation or amount of deviation from a normal, esp. horizontal or vertical, direction or position.

What's your inclination? [=what are you inclined to do?; what do you want to do?] I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn about such matters. He acknowledged us with a slight …