Naturalizing

verb

To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen

Definition

  1. (verb) To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen
  2. (verb) To acclimatize an animal or plant
  3. (verb) To make natural “Custom naturalizes labour or study.”
  4. (verb) To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones
  5. (verb) To make (a word) a natural part of the language. “English speakers have naturalized the French word "café".”
  6. (verb) To study nature.

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Word stats

  • Naturalizing contains 12 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
  • It uses 9 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 5.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 22.

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What does Naturalizing mean?

To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen

How many letters are in Naturalizing?

Naturalizing has 12 letters.

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