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# inborn

adjective (inborn)

«inborn» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Inborn means present in a person or animal from birth, not learned later, like an inborn talent or an inborn fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#m1)
2. (medicine) An inborn condition is one a baby is born with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it describes natural instincts and traits; in stories and talk about talent it suggests a gift. Phrases: «an inborn talent», «an inborn ability», «inborn instinct».

### Examples

- She has an inborn talent for music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x1)
- Babies have an inborn ability to suck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x2)
- Some people think kindness is inborn, but it can be learned too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x3)
- Ducklings have an inborn instinct to follow their mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x4)
- His love of animals seemed inborn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x5)
- Fear of loud noises is inborn in babies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x6)
- Practice can beat inborn talent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x7)
- The doctor said the heart problem was inborn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x8)
- His inborn cheerfulness, he said, had been tested by a member of the Polytechnic Institution, and the experiment had made him completely happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/#x9)

### Note

Used before a noun: an inborn talent. Means about the same as «innate» or «natural». Not «inborned». A skill can start inborn and still need practice to grow.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inborn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inborn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inborn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inborn.html) on Mova free.