Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An inclination, tendency, or preference. synonym: predilection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inclination of the mind; mental tendency; bias; bent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tendency . - verb Present participle of
lean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of deviating from a vertical position
- adjective departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
- noun an inclination to do something
- noun a natural inclination
- noun the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
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Examples
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The list of negative connotations of far left leaning is too long to get into here.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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The list of negative connotations of far left leaning is too long to get into here.
The invisibles 2009
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Just finished reading your book “Petite Anglaise” whilst working in Madrid and it had me engrossed, and I could thoroughly relate to it being a student studying languages (French and Spanish, but my strong leaning is towards the Spanish).
holiday 2009
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Libertarian leaning is the key here, not full blown Krusty the Klown Libertarian.
Rasmussen CA-SEN: Fiorina within MoE of Boxer. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The McCain leaning friend of mine who has been teasing me with tongue-in-cheek comments for the last couple of weeks for his text saying, "Frankly speaking, I admire what you are doing."
Archive 2008-11-01 Jessica 2008
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There is something to be said that those with a stronger right brain leaning (more creative, rather than analytical) that making sketches and creative fonts may aid in the learning and remembering process.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A chip off the old block? That is good and bad. 2008
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In the 2008 election, "pure independents" made up only 7 percent of the electorate, and leaners still voted overwhelmingly for the candidates of the party they identified as leaning toward.
Research desk responds: How partisan are 'independent' voters? 2010
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My ID views do not stem from a theological viewpoint (for the record, my theological leaning is for option #4) or any sophisticated philosophical analysis.
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I did see that they slivered her in leaning over Donna ... but that hardly makes me happy.
Is it wrong of me...? rabid1st 2008
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The McCain leaning friend of mine who has been teasing me with tongue-in-cheek comments for the last couple of weeks for his text saying, "Frankly speaking, I admire what you are doing."
Walk The Talk Jessica 2008
reesetee commented on the word leaning
Similar to cocked in rare/antique book trade.
February 22, 2007