- 1[transitive] naturalize somebody to make someone who was not born in a particular country a citizen of that country a naturalized American who was born in Poland He was naturalized as a British citizen in 1940.
- 2[transitive] naturalize something to introduce a plant or an animal to a country where it is not native The species is now naturalized in the United States.
- 3[intransitive] (of a plant or an animal) to start growing or living naturally in a country where it is not native
naturalize
verbNAmE//ˈnætʃrəˌlaɪz//, NAmE//ˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they naturalize he / she / it naturalizes
past simple naturalized
-ing form naturalizing
NAmE//ˌnætʃrələˈzeɪʃn//, NAmE//ˌnætʃərələˈzeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] naturalization papers (= documents that prove a person has been made a citizen of a country)See naturalize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: naturalize