innate capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofinnateandcapacity

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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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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofinnateandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinnate capacity

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The training reminds us of ourinnatecapacityto care for one another.
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In this sense, we might call it a natural orinnatecapacityto pay attention to cer tain distributions.
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Perhaps it is true that human beings have someinnatecapacityto know that certain actions are morally right or wrong.
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Ptolemy was thus wrong: we have noinnatecapacityfor distance-perception.
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This seems to be consistent with the observation that humans have aninnatecapacityfor imitation, and a neural structure showing the effect is termed a "mirror system".
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Indeed, it would not want the embryo if it were not human and did not have theinnatecapacityto develop as a human being.
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Unless children understand the words, and they are simple, many children may fail to realise to the full theirinnatecapacity.
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There is no shortage of boys with theinnatecapacity; the shortage is in the teachers of mathematics.
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They demystify and debunk, and in so doing, have aninnatecapacityto reveal ills and wrongs that we would all like to see righted.
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We do not regardinnatecapacityas a prerogative of any class.
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They have theinnatecapacityto convince you that they are doing one thing when in actual fact thay are doing the reverse.
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Should an impaired child be prevented from hearing or producing sound, itsinnatecapacityto master a language may equally find expression in signing.
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However, overall, available scientific knowledge provides no basis for believing that the groups of mankind differ in theirinnatecapacityfor intellectual and emotional development.
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It is evident that children are born with aninnatecapacityto learn language, even multiple languages.
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Some amphibian species appear to have aninnatecapacityto withstand chytridiomycosis infection.
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It is about reclaiming ourinnatecapacityas human beings for creative expression of our individual and collective human experience in artistic form.
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Pinker argues that humans are born with aninnatecapacityfor language.
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Most scholars who endorse the existence of innate capacities assume at least a weak notion of modularity.
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The organization has a unique child-centered teaching approach because it believes in a child'sinnatecapacityto learn and develop encouraged in a friendly, supportive and cooperative environment.
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