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adjective
- 1. having a specified innate characteristic or ability: "Glen was a natural-born sailor"
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The meaning of NATURAL-BORN is having a specified status at birth; especially : having at birth the legal status of citizen or subject. How to use natural-born in a sentence.
adjective. 1. native-born. 2. by virtue of one's nature, qualities, or innate talent. a natural-born musician. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [ 1575–85] Examples of 'natural-born' in a sentence. natural-born.
having a natural ability or skill that you have not had to learn. a natural-born performer
adjective. native-born. by virtue of one's nature, qualities, or innate talent: a natural-born musician. natural-born. adjective. being as specified through one's birth. a natural-born Irishman. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of natural-born 1. First recorded in 1575–85. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Define natural-born. natural-born synonyms, natural-born pronunciation, natural-born translation, English dictionary definition of natural-born. adj. 1. Being such by nature or temperament; natural: a natural-born teacher. 2. Being such by birth; native: a natural-born citizen. American Heritage®...
The earliest known use of the adjective natural-born is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for natural-born is from 1583, in the writing of Lord Burghley. natural-born is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: natural adj., born adj. See etymology.
Having an innate aptitude for something, from (or as if from) the time of one's birth . a natural-born computer programmer. Having a status that arises from the conditions of one's birth, as opposed to one acquired through some legal procedure.
