{
    "term": "inclined",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "wanting to do something",
            "sensetop": "inclined (to do something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was inclined to trust him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He writes only when he feels inclined to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There'll be time for a swim if you **feel so inclined**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Advertising aims to make people feel favorably inclined toward products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't know you were that way inclined (= interested in such things)."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["strongly", "very", "rather"],
                "preposition": ["towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "tending to do something; likely to do something",
            "sensetop": "inclined to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's inclined to be lazy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They'll be more inclined to listen if you don't shout."
                },
                {
                    "text": "people who are naturally inclined to melancholy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's rather inclined to become impatient."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["strongly", "very", "increasingly"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["that way inclined"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used when you are expressing an opinion but do not want to express it very strongly",
            "sensetop": "inclined to agree, believe, think, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm inclined to agree with you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm half inclined to believe him."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "having a natural ability for something; preferring to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**musically/academically inclined** children"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club was a notorious hang-out for the criminally inclined."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["academically", "artistically", "mathematically"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "sloping; at an angle",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈklaɪnd/",
                "audio": "in/inclined/inclined__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈklaɪnd/",
                "audio": "in/inclined/inclined__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}