| NOUN | attribute | naturalization, naturalisation | the quality of being brought into conformity with nature |
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| act | naturalization, naturalisation | the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship | |
| act | naturalization, naturalisation | the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous | |
| act | naturalization, naturalisation | changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology |
| Sounds | nae'cherahlahzey'shahn; nae'chrahlahzey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The quality of being brought into conformity with nature. | |
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| Synonym | naturalisation | |
| Broader | naturalness | The quality of being natural or based on natural principles |
| Verbs | naturalize | make more natural or lifelike |
| naturalize | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | |
| Meaning | The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship. | |
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| Synonym | naturalisation | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| Spanish | naturalización | |
| Catalan | naturalització | |
| Verbs | naturalize | make into a citizen |
| Meaning | The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous. | |
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| Synonym | naturalisation | |
| Broader | introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry | The act of beginning something new |
| Verbs | naturalize | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment |
| Meaning | changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology. | |
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| Example | "the naturalization in English of many Italian words" | |
| Synonym | naturalisation | |
| Broader | borrowing, adoption | The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source / source |
| Verbs | naturalize | adopt to another place |
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