Inclination

Definition

inclination / ÇnklÇ'neÇʃn / n ၁။ [U, C] ~ ( to / for / towards sth ); ~ ( to do sth ) လိုအင္ဆႏၵ။ အထံု။ ဝါသနာ။ I have neither the time nor the inclination to go to rock concerts. ❍ My natural inclination is to seek a compromise solution. ❍ He is a doctor by profession and a musician by inclination. ❍ She was determined to follow her own inclinations in choosing a career. Compare DISINCLINATION ၂။ [C] အထာ။ အက်င့္။ အေလ့။ The car has an inclination to stall on steep hills. ❍ He has an inclination to overdramatize. ၃။ (က) [U] ေစာင္းျခင္း။ ငိုက္ျခင္း။ (ခ) [C] ဆင္ေျခေလွ်ာ။ a small inclination just beyond the trees. ၄။ [C usu sing ] ငဲ့ျခင္း။ ငံု႔ျခင္း။ ညိတ္ျခင္း။ ၫြတ္ျခင္း။ with an inclination of his head.

Examples

1. [inclination to do something] : I haven’t the time or inclination to visit him.
2. The military government has shown little inclination to restore democracy.
3. People with artistic inclinations were encouraged to illustrate their writing.
4. [inclination to do something] : He managed to control his natural inclination to hit out.