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naturalizenat‧u‧ral‧ize (also naturalise British English) /ˈnætʃərəlaɪz/ verb VERB TABLEnaturalize |
Present | I, you, we, they | naturalize | | he, she, it | naturalizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | naturalized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have naturalized | | he, she, it | has naturalized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had naturalized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will naturalize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have naturalized |
- naturalized U.S. citizens
- Few are naturalized and most do not wish to be.
- In all, the Boston office naturalized 21,052 citizens in 2000, compared to 5,923 in 1990, the Globe reported Wednesday.
NOUN► citizen· In all, the Boston office naturalized 21,052 citizens in 2000, compared to 5,923 in 1990, the Globe reported Wednesday.· M., and will become a naturalized citizen in October 1997. VERB► become· M., and will become a naturalized citizen in October 1997. ► be naturalized- Few are naturalized and most do not wish to be.
nounnaturenaturalistnaturalismnaturalizationnaturalnessthe supernaturalnaturalnaturistnaturismadjectivenatural ≠ unnaturalsupernaturalnaturalisticadverbnaturally ≠ unnaturallynaturalisticallysupernaturallyverbnaturalize be naturalized if someone born outside a particular country is naturalized, they become a citizen of that country—naturalization /ˌnætʃərəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable] |