innate ability
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinnateandability
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innate
adjective
uk/ɪˈneɪt/us/ɪˈneɪt/
An innate quality or ability is one that you were born with, not one you ...
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ability
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the physical or mental power or skill needed to ...
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(Definition ofinnateandabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinnate ability
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At the same time, there were many people who showed aninnateabilityto face life challenges.
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These four paradigms seem to offer the most in terms of flexibility, ease of implementation and theirinnateabilityto produce demonstrable, positive effects.
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Equalising the income distribution between types with different levels of parental education would then inappropriately compensate for the effects ofinnateability.
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The distributions that we need to calibrate are lognormal distributions of bothinnateabilityand initial human capital.
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Moreover, we are aware that these results do not explain whetherinnateabilityor increased experience with pitch owing to musical training facilitated word learning.
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The assumption of a nonlinear form of peer quality allows for the substitutability or complementarity2 of an individual'sinnateability.
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We assume that the accumulation of human capital does not affect the realization ofinnateability.
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This implies that individualinnateabilityis more substitutable and this is referred to here as the "role model" type of peer quality.
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With the existence of voucher programs, some students with low parental human capital, but highinnateability, will switch from public schools to private schools.
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He has endorsed the view that we have aninnateabilityto learn and are predisposed towards language-acquisition.
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On the other hand, if < 1, then the diminution of school quality by students with lowinnateability will be greater than the enhancement by students with high ability.
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This is apparently aninnateability.
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He intended in his formula to apply only to a group of people with the same allegedlyinnateability to withstand death who desired to insure their lives.
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Meltzoff's findings (1996) on the imitative powers of very young infants also point to aninnateabilityto perform cross-modal matching in humans.
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Roeper's study focused on children'sinnateabilityto distinguish between the syntactic structures of verbal and nominal gerunds, extremely regular morphological entities.
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Allied to these two myths is the perception that musical excellence can be achieved only by those withinnateability, and educationally, training from experienced musicians is an absolute prerequisite.
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Children and adults are considered to be not 'gifted' because of the common belief that singing in tune is aninnateability.
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A better measure of ability is one that is taken sufficiently early for it to be unaffected by education and hence a better reflection ofinnateability.
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It assesses only partly theinnateability, just as it brutally assesses the influence of the child's environment.
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I am worried even more about special schools and the children who are lacking ininnateability.
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