innate

innate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. natural, inborn; inherent; congenital. See intrinsic, intuition. Ant., learned.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. inherent, natural, native, intrinsic, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary; see also inherent , native 1 , natural 1 .
Syn.- innate and inborn are often interchangeable, but innate has more extensive connotations, describing that which belongs to something as part of its nature or constitution, and inborn , the simpler term, more specifically suggesting qualities so much a part of one's nature as to seem to have been born in or with one [inborn modesty ] ; inbred refers to qualities that are deeply ingrained by breeding [ an inbred love of learning ] ; congenital implies existence at or from one's birth [congenital blindness ] ; hereditary implies acquirement of characteristics by transmission genetically from parents or ancestors [hereditary blondness ]
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[i NATE]
naturally present, as from birth.
Infants have an innate ability to grasp.
SYN.: inborn, natural, native, hereditary, in the blood, inherent, inherited, intrinsic, indigenous, inbred.
ANT.: acquired, foreign, alien, learned, unnatural
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Possessed at birth: congenital, hereditary, inborn, inherited, native. See BE, NATIVE. 2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, intrinsic, native, natural. See BE, NATIVE, START.

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  • Innate — In nate ([i^]n n[asl]t or [i^]n*n[=a]t ; 277), a. [L. innatus; pref. in in + natus born, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Native}.] 1. Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metaph.) Originating in, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • innate — [i nāt′, in′āt΄] adj. [L innatus, pp. of innasci, to be born in, originate in < in , in + nasci, to be born: see NATURE] 1. a) existing naturally rather than acquired; that seems to have been in one from birth [innate talent] b) existing as an …   English World dictionary

  • Innate — In*nate , v. t. To cause to exit; to call into being. [Obs.] The first innating cause. Marston. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • innate — innate. = congenital (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • innate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inborn; natural. DERIVATIVES innately adverb innateness noun. ORIGIN Latin innatus, from innasci be born into …   English terms dictionary

  • innate — innately, adv. innateness, n. /i nayt , in ayt/, adj. 1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent. 2. inherent in the essential character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis. 3. originating in or arising from …   Universalium

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