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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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   • English (US)

     NATIVE meaning: 1. relating to or describing someone's...

   • Digital Native

     DIGITAL NATIVE definition: 1. a person who is very familiar...

   • Native Place

     NATIVE PLACE definition: 1. the town or city or area that a...

   • Traditional

     NATIVE translate: 出生國的;出生地的;土生土長的, （動植物）原產於（某地）的，土生的,...

   • Znaczenie Native, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     NATIVE definicja: 1. relating to or describing someone's...

   • Native: French Translation

     NATIVE translate: originaire, indigène, indigène...

   • Native: Russian Translation

     NATIVE translate: родной , родной, туземный , местный ,...

   • Native: Italian Translation

     native translate: nativo, nativo, materno, indigeno, nativo,...

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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.