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NATURALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does naturalisation mean? 

NATURALISATION (noun)
  The noun NATURALISATION has 4 senses:

1. the quality of being brought into conformity with natureplay

2. the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenshipplay

3. the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenousplay

4. changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonologyplay

  Familiarity information: NATURALISATION used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATURALISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being brought into conformity with nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

naturalisation; naturalization

Hypernyms ("naturalisation" is a kind of...):

naturalness (the quality of being natural or based on natural principles)

Derivation:

naturalise (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment)

naturalise (make more natural or lifelike)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

naturalisation; naturalization

Hypernyms ("naturalisation" is a kind of...):

legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

naturalise (make into a citizen)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

naturalisation; naturalization

Hypernyms ("naturalisation" is a kind of...):

debut; entry; first appearance; introduction; launching; unveiling (the act of beginning something new)

Derivation:

naturalise (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

naturalisation; naturalization

Context example:

the naturalization in English of many Italian words

Hypernyms ("naturalisation" is a kind of...):

adoption; borrowing (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source)

Derivation:

naturalise (adopt to another place)


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