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leans towards

leans towards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lean towards.

Meaning of lean towards

Verb

lean towards (third-person singular simple present leans towards, present participle leaning towards, simple past and past participle leaned towards or leant towards)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lean, towards.
  2. (transitive) To favor in a decision.

Questions about leans towards

What is leans towards the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leans towards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lean towards.

Words near leans towards in the dictionary

  1. leans
  2. leans in
  3. leans into
  4. leans on
  5. leans over backwards
  6. leans towards
  7. leansome
  8. leant
  9. leant in
  10. leant into
  11. leant on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leans towards (page history and authors); lean towards (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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