Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Built-in; inherent.
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- adjective Existing as an essential constituent;
built-in ;inherent ;integral .
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- adjective existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
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Examples
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Although they are very different languages, FORTH has a very similar philosophy to LISP; both emphasise maximal expressiveness in a minimal set of orthogonal primitives, helped extensively by helpings of metaprogramming, low-cost abstraction, and no inherent separation between 'inbuilt' and 'user' facilities of the language.
Snell-Pym » FORTH 2009
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I am continually offended with the blame laid on the SNP for any anti-English sentiment in Scotland, or that such bile is somehow 'inbuilt' in Scots.
Why do so many people hate the SNP? Jeff 2009
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There is now a kind of inbuilt commercial imperative operating.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The evolution of the hand with an opposable thumb is an early "inbuilt" tool, in combination with erect posture.
Archive 2006-07-01 Bill Kerr 2006
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However, that does get a little easier with each story - it's as if you develop some kind of inbuilt story clock or metronome!
I Find Real Gems On the Web The Wandering Author 2006
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The evolution of the hand with an opposable thumb is an early "inbuilt" tool, in combination with erect posture.
Dennett's creatures Bill Kerr 2006
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Low hypothesized tiny cleaning robots that emerged from concealment only when necessary, while Brink opted for some kind of inbuilt electrostatic repulsion system.
The Dig Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1995
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But we believe we can do more and we’ve agreed to pursue under the Free Trade Agreement the so called inbuilt agenda, particularly in services and in investment.
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I understand that for whatever reason the A350 will flick through images when cold (as per instruction book) but this one goes beyond this peculiar "inbuilt" fault and when doing it temperature can be above 10 degrees Celcius.
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I understand that for whatever reason the A350 will flick through images when cold (as per instruction book) but this one goes beyond this peculiar "inbuilt" fault and when doing it temperature can be above 10 degrees Celcius.
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