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1. (n.) leaning
inclination; tendency:
literary leanings.
Etymology: (bef. 1000)
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1. (noun) leaning, propensity, tendency
an inclination to do something
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
2. (noun) proclivity, propensity, leaning
a natural inclination
"he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
3. (noun) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
"the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
4. (adj) leaning
the act of deviating from a vertical position
5. (adj) atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
"the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"
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1. (noun) leaning
the act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism
2. leaning
of Lean
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Sense: a liking or preference
She has a leaning towards the arts.
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 Afrikaans: neiging |
 Arabic: مَيْل، نَزْعَه |
 Bulgarian: предпочитание |
 Brazilian: inclinação |
 Czech: sklon |
 German: die Neigung |
 Danish: sympati; interesse |
 Greek: κλίση, προτίμηση |
 Spanish: inclinación |
 Estonian: kalduvus |
 Farsi: گرایش؛ میل |
 Finnish: taipumus |
 French: penchant (pour) |
 Hebrew: לִנטוֹת |
 Hindi: झुकाव |
 Croatian: naklonost, sklonost |
 Hungarian: hajlam |
 Indonesian: kecondongan |
 Icelandic: tilhneiging |
 Italian: inclinazione |
 Japanese: 好み |
 Korean: 경향, 성향 |
 Lithuanian: palinkimas, polinkis |
 Latvian: tieksme; nosliece |
 Malay: kecenderungan |
 Dutch: neiging |
 Norwegian: tilbøyelighet, sympati (f |
 Polish: skłonność |
 Persian: گرایش؛ میل |
 Pashto: علاقه،مينه،شوق |
 Portuguese: inclinação |
 Romanian: înclinaţie |
 Russian: склонность |
 Slovak: sklon |
 Slovenian: nagnjenje |
 Serbian: sklonost |
 Swedish: böjelse, intresse |
 Thai: ความชอบ |
 Turkish: eğilim, meyil |
 Taiwanese: 傾向, 偏好 |
 Ukrainian: нахил, схильність |
 Urdu: رجحان |
 Vietnamese: thiên hướng |
 Chinese: 倾向 |
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