Meaning

2 senses
  1. Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

  2. Fixed, established

More definitions
  • (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From ingrain + -ed.

From ingrain + -ed.

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Forms

more ingrained, most ingrained
Comparativemore ingrained Lesson
Superlativemost ingrained Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
in the essence of a thing:inherentC1
fixed, established:bred-in-the-bone
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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