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   native

   /ˈneɪtɪv/

   noun

   • 1. a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not: "a native of Montreal"
   • ▪ a local inhabitant: "New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives"
   • ▪ a non-white original inhabitant of a place, as regarded by European colonists or travellers.
   • ▪ an animal or plant indigenous to a place: "the marigold is a native of southern Europe"
   • ▪ an oyster reared in British waters.

   adjective

   • 1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth: "he's a native New Yorker" Similar mothervernacular
   • ▪ of the indigenous inhabitants of a place: "a ceremonial native dance from Fiji" Similar indigenousoriginalearliestfirstaboriginalinitialancientprimevalprimordialrare:autochthonousautochthonicOpposite immigrant
   • 2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth: "eagle owls aren't native to Britain" Similar domestichome-grownhome-madehomelocalindigenousendemicOpposite imported
   • ▪ used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere, e.g. native bee. Australian, New Zealand
   • 3. (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth; innate: "some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing" Similar innateinherentinbornintrinsicinstinctiveinstinctualintuitivenaturalnatural-borndeep-seateddeep-rootedhereditaryinheritedin the bloodin the familynatalcongenitalbred in the boneinbredingrainedbuilt-inrare:connateconnaturalOpposite acquiredlearned
   • 4. (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.
   • 5. designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.

   Derivatives

   • 1. natively adverb
   • 2. nativeness noun

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   What is a native person?

   • One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless. A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric). She is a regular Wiki* native. A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.

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   What is the difference between native and indigenous?

   • Native implies birth or origin in the specified place: a native New Yorker; the native North American sugar maple. Indigenous specifies that something or someone is native rather than coming or being brought in from elsewhere: an indigenous crop; the Ainu, a people indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan.

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   • The meaning of NATIVE is inborn, innate. How to use native in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Native.

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   What is a native language?

   • Her native language is Greek. pertaining to or characteristic of a person using a native language or first language, acquired in childhood: native command of a language. native command of a language. a native government. the native quarter of Algiers. the native beauty of a desert island. He returned to his native Kansas.

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   native: 1 adj belonging to one by birth “my native land” “one's native language” Synonyms: connatural , inborn , inbred normally existing at birth Antonyms: adopted , adoptive acquired as your own by free choice adj characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin “the native North American sugar maple” “many native artists studied ...

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    Define native. native synonyms, native pronunciation, native translation, English dictionary definition of native. adj. 1. a. Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot. b. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.