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# innate

«innate» in Mova's school dictionary: **born with, not something you learned, like an innate…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (innate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#m1)

2) (formal) Innate means being a natural part of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about animal behaviour: instincts are innate (spiders spin webs without being taught); in PSHE and debates, nature vs nurture; phrases: innate ability, innate behaviour.

### examples

- Babies have an innate ability to suck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x1)
- Spiders' web-building is innate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x2)
- She has an innate sense of rhythm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x3)
- Some scientists think a love of stories is innate in people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x4)
- Innate behaviour is not learned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x5)
- And besides, I learned to know my inward nature, my innate qualities, the relationship I had with Poesy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x6)

### note

Formal. Opposite: learned (or acquired). Trap: most skills need practice even if some talent is innate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «innate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.