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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

   Scrabble Points: 9

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNATIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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:

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › nativeNative Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › nativeNATIVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   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.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNATIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishnative adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   (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.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › nativeNative - definition of native by The Free Dictionary

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   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.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › nativeNative - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   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.