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adjective
1.
being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
3.
belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest.
4.
of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery.
5.
EXPANDof, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs; native dress.
6.
born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker.
7.
of or pertaining to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek.
8.
pertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language: a native speaker of English; native command of a language.
9.
under the rule of natives: a native government.
10.
occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers.
11.
remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island.
12.
forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas.
13.
originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants.
14.
found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
15.
Chemistry, Mineralogy. (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper.
16.
belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive a person of his native rights.
17.
Computers.
a.
designed for use with a specific type of computer: writing native applications for 32-bit PCs.
b.
internal to a specific application program: to view the file in its native format.
18.
COLLAPSEArchaic. closely related, as by birth.
noun
19.
one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile.
20.
a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio.
21.
an organism indigenous to a particular region.
22.
British. an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.
23.
Astrology. a person born under a particular planet.
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Natives
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24.
go native, Informal. to adopt or affect the manners or way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own, especially a less developed country: After living on the island for a year, we went native and began to wear the local costume.
Origin:
1325–75; < Latin nātīvus inborn, natural, equivalent to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English natif (adj.) < Middle French < Latin, as above
1325–75; < Latin nātīvus inborn, natural, equivalent to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English natif (adj.) < Middle French < Latin, as above
Related forms
na·tive·ly, adverb
na·tive·ness, noun
non·na·tive, adjective, noun
non·na·tive·ly, adverb
non·na·tive·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
2. inherited, innate, inbred, congenital. 4. autochthonous, aboriginal. 11. real, genuine, original. 24. aborigine.
2. inherited, innate, inbred, congenital. 4. autochthonous, aboriginal. 11. real, genuine, original. 24. aborigine.
Antonyms
2. acquired. 24. alien
2. acquired. 24. alien
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Word Origin & History
native
late 14c., from O.Fr. natif (fem. native), from L. nativus "innate, produced by birth," from natus, pp. of nasci (Old L. gnasci) "be born," related to gignere "beget," from PIE base *gen-/*gn- "produce" (see genus). The noun is mid-15c., originally meaning "person born in
EXPAND bondage," later (1530s) "person who has always lived in a place." Applied from 1650s to original inhabitants of non-European nations where Europeans hold political power; hence, used contemptuously of "the locals" from 1800.
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native na·tive (nā'tĭv)
adj.
Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous.
Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances.
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