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# innate

adjective (innate)

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

## Everyday

1. Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#m1)
2. (formal) Innate means being a natural part of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x1)
- Spiders' web-building is innate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x2)
- She has an innate sense of rhythm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x3)
- Some scientists think a love of stories is innate in people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/#x4)
- Innate behaviour is not learned. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

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