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Innate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Innate has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

To cause to exist; to call into being.

"The sudden rainstorm did not merely wet the grass but seemed to innately bring out the vibrant green color that had been hidden beneath the dust."

Adjective
1

not established by conditioning or learning

"an unconditioned reflex"

2

being talented through inherited qualities

"a natural leader"

"a born musician"

"an innate talent"

3

present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

"The baby's instinct to turn toward a light source was innate, developing fully while still in the womb rather than being passed down from the parents."

4

Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.

"She has an innate ability to read people that she never learned in school."

Example Sentences
"an unconditioned reflex" adjective
"a natural leader" adjective
"a born musician" adjective
"an innate talent" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
learned
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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