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innate
[ ih-neyt, in-eyt ]
adjective
innate musical talent.
Synonyms: congenital, natural
- inherent in the essential character of something:
an innate defect in the hypothesis.
- originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience:
an innate knowledge of good and evil.
innate
/ ɪˈneɪt; ˈɪneɪt /
adjective
- existing in a person or animal from birth; congenital; inborn
- being an essential part of the character of a person or thing
- instinctive; not learned
innate capacities
- botany (of anthers) joined to the filament by the base only
- (in rationalist philosophy) (of ideas) present in the mind before any experience and knowable by pure reason
Derived Forms
- inˈnateness, noun
- inˈnately, adverb
Other Words From
- in·nate·ly adverb
- in·nate·ness noun
- un·in·nate adjective
- un·in·nate·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of innate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mouse organs sent to space also had higher levels of RNAs that play a role in the body’s innate immunity.
I have always had this innate passion for helping others, and that along with my entrepreneurial spirit, I knew I wanted to do something good for motherhood.
There's an innate immune response that is triggered when cells sense they're infected.
When animals are routinely attracted to humans and their food, they often become habituated to human presence, meaning they lose their innate fear of us.
When Lohmann dropped newly hatched turtles into these conditions, they swam into the waves, just as their innate programming instructed them to—and as a result, they went the wrong way.
Now, 42 percent believe that it is innate and 37 percent hold that it is environmental—hardly a massive shift in popular opinion.
“Kit has an innate confidence and projects a playfully rebellious nature,” the brand's creative director, Sandra Choi, said.
These approaches are critical as they strive to fix the innate issue: spinal cord damage.
The willing masochism of being an England supporter is innate.
You could hear White's innate pop orientation at the Fonda show as well.
She is always attired in black, and is utterly careless in dress, yet nothing can conceal her innate elegance of figure.
He had the innate slant of mind that properly belongs to a moderator of mass meetings called to aggravate a crisis.
But Weirmarsh, with his innate cunning, presented to him a picture of exposure and degradation which held him horrified.
But it was his kindliness of heart, and above all his innate sense of humour, which appealed most to Peter Ilich.
Herein Queeker exhibited the innate tendency of the human heart to deceive itself.
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