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- Dictionarynative/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"
adjective
- 1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth: "he's a native New Yorker" Similar
- 2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth: "eagle owls aren't native to Britain" Similar Opposite
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relating to or describing someone's country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place: She returned to live and work in her native Japan. She's a native Californian. C2. used to refer to plants and animals that grow naturally in a place, and have not been brought there from somewhere else:
1. : inborn, innate. native talents. 2. : belonging to a particular place by birth. a native New Yorker. 3. archaic : closely related. 4. : belonging to or associated with one by birth. hailed in his native Sweden as an influential dramatist William Peden. 5. : natural, normal. a generosity that was native to him. 6. a.
adjective. being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land. belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native grace. native ability; native grace. Synonyms: congenital, inbred, innate.
Jun 12, 2024 · native (plural natives) A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place. (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia) .
1. a. One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States. b. One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place. 2. An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.
Definitions of native. adjective. belonging to one by birth. “my native land” “one's native language” synonyms: connatural, inborn, inbred. normally existing at birth. see more. adjective. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin. “the native North American sugar maple” “many native artists studied abroad” synonyms:
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2. Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948. Mother Teresa visited her native Albania. 2. countable noun. A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region.
(computing) designed for or built into a particular system, especially using the language or computer code associated with a particular computer or processor. Native apps still generally perform better than web apps, but the gap is shrinking. Early programmers worked in native computer code or machine language. Word Origin. Idioms.
someone who was born in a particular place: He's a native of Texas. native noun [C] (ORIGINAL PEOPLE) an old-fashioned and often offensive word for a person who lived in a country, for example an African country, before Europeans went there. (Definition of native from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island. forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas. originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants.
