Innate

What do we mean by innate?

Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience. adjective

Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience. adjective

Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent. adjective

To bring or call into existence; inform.

In biology, characteristic of a species or common to the individuals of a species, or alike in parent and in offspring; hereditary; constitutional; congenital.

Inborn; natural; pertaining to the inherited constitution of body or mind; not derived or acquired from any external source; especially, native to the mind; instinctive: as, an innate tendency to virtue or vice; innate ideas.

In botany: Borne on the apex of the supporting part: as, an innate anther, which is one that directly continues and corresponds to the apex of the filament.

Born within; originating within the matrix, or within the substance of the plant.

To cause to exit; to call into being. transitive verb

Inborn; native; natural adjective

Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience. See A priori, Intuitive. adjective

Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament. adjective

Ideas, as of God, immortality, right and wrong, supposed by some to be inherent in the mind, as a priori principles of knowledge. adjective

Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence. adjective

Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience; as, innate ideas. See a priori, intuitive. adjective

Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament; as, an innate anther. adjective

To cause to exist; to call into being. verb

Being talented through inherited qualities adjective

Not established by conditioning or learning adjective

To cause to exist; to call into being.

Words that are spelled similarly to innate:
innate, inmate, pinnate, ingate, ionate, innage, innato.

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Words that rhyme with innate:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe innate:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective innate:
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Consonant match to innate:
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Words that sound like innate:
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