verb🔗ShareTo grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen"After living in the United States for five years and passing a citizenship test, my grandmother was naturalized as an American citizen. "politicsgovernmentnationlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo acclimatize an animal or plant"The gardener successfully naturalized the non-native wildflower by planting it in a spot that mimicked its original habitat. "biologyecologyenvironmentorganismplantanimalnatureagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make natural"Custom naturalizes labour or study."politicsgovernmentnationlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones"The scientist naturalized the patient's recovery, focusing on the body's immune response and rejecting claims of divine intervention. "philosophydoctrinetheoryreligionsciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make (a word) a natural part of the language."English speakers have naturalized the French word "café"."languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo study nature."The aspiring botanist naturalized in the Amazon rainforest for six months to learn about the local flora and fauna. "natureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading