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Definition of incline noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incline

noun
 
/ˈɪnklaɪn/
 
/ˈɪnklaɪn/
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  1. a slope
    • a steep/slight incline
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘bend (the head or body) towards something’); formerly also as encline: from Old French encliner, from Latin inclinare, from in- ‘towards’ + clinare ‘to bend’.
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