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innate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inn?tus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of inn?scor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + n?scor (“be born”); see natal, native.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ne?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Adjective
innate (not comparable)
- Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
- (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
- Instinctive; coming from instinct.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3
- As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3
- (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
Usage notes
- Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.
Synonyms
- (existing or having existed since birth): See also Thesaurus:innate
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- a priori
- intuitive.
Verb
innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)
- (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being.
Translations
References
- innate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- innate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- annite, ante in, nanite, tannie
Italian
Adjective
innate f pl
- feminine plural of innato
Latin
Participle
inn?te
- vocative masculine singular of inn?tus
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instead
English
Alternative forms
- enstead
Etymology
in +? stead, from Middle English ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”). Related to German statt.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-st?d', IPA(key): /?n?st?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Adverb
instead (not comparable)
- In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
Synonyms
- in lieu
Derived terms
- instead of
Translations
Anagrams
- Danites, Sidetan, Tiendas, destain, detains, nidates, sainted, satined, stained, tiendas
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