The process by which a foreigner becomes a citizen After a certain number of years of residence a person can take a test showing his knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship If he passes he becomes a citizen and can vote
When a foreign person takes legal action to become a U S citizen, the process is called naturalization Almost everyone who goes through naturalization must first have held a green card for several years before becoming eligible for U S citizenship A naturalized U S citizen has virtually the same rights as a native-born American citizen
The act of making a person a citizen who was not born with that status An application for citizenship is an application for Naturalization
The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous
the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
{i} conferral of citizenship rights, process of becoming a citizen; process of acclimation (also naturalisation)
The official act by which a person is made a national of a country other than his native one
changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words" the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
Process by which a person acquires nationality after birth and becomes entitled to privileges of citizenship in a country other than that in which such person was born
Process by which a person acquires nationality after birth and becomes entitled to privileges of citizenship