Naturalize
verb
To give rights of citizenship to a foreign person.
She was naturalized as a U.S. citizen last year.
Often appears as...
- naturalized citizen
- naturalized as a citizen
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Formal
Legal
verb
To adapt or become used to a new environment or conditions.
The plant has naturalized to the local climate.
Often appears as...
- naturalized species
- naturalized to the environment
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Biological
verb
To make or become natural in character.
He naturalized his artificial style to appear more authentic.
Often appears as...
- naturalized style
- naturalized approach
verb
To give rights of citizenship to a foreign person.
She was naturalized as a U.S. citizen last year.
Often appears as...
- naturalized citizen
- naturalized as a citizen
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
verb
To adapt or become used to a new environment or conditions.
The plant has naturalized to the local climate.
Often appears as...
- naturalized species
- naturalized to the environment
Usage tips
Biological
verb
To make or become natural in character.
He naturalized his artificial style to appear more authentic.
Often appears as...
- naturalized style
- naturalized approach
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Process
Naturalize in this context refers to an official legal process involving an application and approval.
After meeting the residency requirement, he applied to naturalize.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Becoming a naturalized citizen usually takes several years; it's not an instant change.
She lived in the country for five years before she could naturalize.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremony
Often, naturalization includes a ceremony where new citizens swear allegiance to their new country.
After naturalizing, he attended a ceremony to pledge loyalty to the flag.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Process
Naturalize in this context refers to an official legal process involving an application and approval.
After meeting the residency requirement, he applied to naturalize.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Becoming a naturalized citizen usually takes several years; it's not an instant change.
She lived in the country for five years before she could naturalize.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremony
Often, naturalization includes a ceremony where new citizens swear allegiance to their new country.
After naturalizing, he attended a ceremony to pledge loyalty to the flag.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Process
Naturalize in this context refers to an official legal process involving an application and approval.
After meeting the residency requirement, he applied to naturalize.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Instant
Becoming a naturalized citizen usually takes several years; it's not an instant change.
She lived in the country for five years before she could naturalize.
Pro Tip 3/3Ceremony
Often, naturalization includes a ceremony where new citizens swear allegiance to their new country.
After naturalizing, he attended a ceremony to pledge loyalty to the flag.
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
take live for six months in Hungary to become naturalized so I left him behind I'd get all of these stories from the farmer I left him to say that I was taking all the farm dogs and chased a rider for half a day we're going to have to send a taxi to pick them all up
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Creating biologically...
lightweight transparent membrane which when inflated becomes uninhabitable pavilion air that becomes structural supporting a fragrant crown of eucalyptus leaves and a tapestry of Spanish moss transforming its interior interior into a naturalized atmosphere
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This Platypus Can Glow...
shot a thing called a black light torch which produces uv light and there on the wall glistening in the dark were hundreds of little scorpions european scorpions have naturalized at a couple of sites in the uk it they were
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What comes after...
And I naturalized as a citizen. I'm a first-generation citizen. And I felt that, as an American citizen, I must take my share of the responsibility for the murder of my son. Why? Because it was fired by an American child.
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
take live for six months in Hungary to become naturalized so I left him behind I'd get all of these stories from the farmer I left him to say that I was taking all the farm dogs and chased a rider for half a day we're going to have to send a taxi to pick them all up
Video examples
Creating biologically...
lightweight transparent membrane which when inflated becomes uninhabitable pavilion air that becomes structural supporting a fragrant crown of eucalyptus leaves and a tapestry of Spanish moss transforming its interior interior into a naturalized atmosphere
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
shot a thing called a black light torch which produces uv light and there on the wall glistening in the dark were hundreds of little scorpions european scorpions have naturalized at a couple of sites in the uk it they were
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What comes after...
And I naturalized as a citizen. I'm a first-generation citizen. And I felt that, as an American citizen, I must take my share of the responsibility for the murder of my son. Why? Because it was fired by an American child.
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Baruj Benacerraf
Venezuelan Scientist
While in medical school, I was drafted into the U.S. Army with the other medical students as part of the wartime training program, and naturalized American citizen in 1943. I greatly enjoyed my medical studies, which at the Medical College of Virginia were very clinically oriented.
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Jane Green
English Author
When I first started writing, I was living in England and I had that uniquely English sense of sarcasm, which has definitely seemed to have left me. I am a naturalized American and my sensibility has become far more American.
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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Mohammed Taheri-Azar, a naturalized U.S. citizen hailing from Iran, crashed his SUV into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, injuring nine people.
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Bharati Mukherjee
Indian Writer
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
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Olivia De Havilland
American Actress
I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an enemy alien. I might have been sent to a camp.
Quote examples
Baruj Benacerraf
Venezuelan Scientist
While in medical school, I was drafted into the U.S. Army with the other medical students as part of the wartime training program, and naturalized American citizen in 1943. I greatly enjoyed my medical studies, which at the Medical College of Virginia were very clinically oriented.
Quote examples
Jane Green
English Author
When I first started writing, I was living in England and I had that uniquely English sense of sarcasm, which has definitely seemed to have left me. I am a naturalized American and my sensibility has become far more American.
Quote examples
Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
Mohammed Taheri-Azar, a naturalized U.S. citizen hailing from Iran, crashed his SUV into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, injuring nine people.
Quote examples
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian Writer
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
Quote examples
Olivia De Havilland
American Actress
I was naturalized right before Pearl Harbor. Nine days later, I would have been classified as an enemy alien. I might have been sent to a camp.
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