Vocabulary
Inclination
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.
Urdu meaning
جھکاﺅ، شوق، رجحان، رغبت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Under these circumstances, the state will only tighten its grip on everything it can get its hands on the citizenry and the e conomy and is not likely to find the will or the inclination to make any changes.
- The JUI enjoys strong political support here, and some experts trace this religious inclination to the Qalat state`s pre-merger policy of patronising Deobandi madressahs.
- Mujica did not expect the excellent example he set, by natural inclination rather than motivated pretence, to be emulated anywhere.
- Media coverage of the two-day Overseas Pakistanis Convention did not reveal any inclination on the part of the 1,200 participants from across the world to set up manufacturing units or invest in their motherland`s farm economy.
- So far those backing the project have not shown any inclination of taking all the stakeholders on board.
Synonyms
tendency, proclivity, propensity, leaning; disposition, predisposition, predilection,
Antonyms
aversion, disinclination
Curator example
“Hamza was a scientist by training and inclination”
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