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inclinazione — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  • cant noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
  • inclination noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  • notion noun An idea, belief, or understanding about something.
  • penchant noun A strong liking or natural tendency toward something.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • propensity noun A natural tendency or inclination to behave or think in a particular way.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.
  • taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.
  • tilt verb To lean or slant something, or to be at an angle.

Senses

inclinazione is used for these senses in English:

  • bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • cant Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  • notion (colloquial) Inclination; intention; predisposition; disposition.
  • pitch The angle at which an object sits.
  • propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
  • sway Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
  • sway (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
  • taste (countable, and, uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

bias — full definition

  1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
  3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
  4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

cant — full definition

  1. noun The specialized jargon of a particular trade, class, or group.
  2. noun Insincere or hypocritical talk, especially moralizing speech.
  3. noun A tilt, slope, or angled position.
  4. verb To tilt or set something at an angle.

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