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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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a person who was born in a particular place, or a plant or animal that lives or grows naturally in a place and has not been brought from somewhere else: a native of Monaco. The red squirrel is a native of Britain. offensive old-fashioned.
Native definition: being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being. See examples of NATIVE used in a sentence.
The meaning of NATIVE is inborn, innate. How to use native in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Native.
14 meanings: 1. relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth 2. inherent,.... Click for more definitions.
adj. 1. a. Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot. b. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place. c. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants: native dress; the native diet of Polynesia. d. Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth: our native land. 2.
You're native to the country where you were born, and places have native plants and animals too. Things that are native are indigenous — they were born there. This is where the term Native Americans comes from — they were on this land before Europeans came over.
(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.
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)
native meaning, definition, what is native: your native country, town etc is the pla...: Learn more.
originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants. found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
