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1. inborn: existing in or belonging to somebody by nature
  her native intelligence
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2. born or originating somewhere: born or originating in a particular place
native to the Southwest
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3. relating to somebody because of birth: relating or belonging to somebody or something because of the place or circumstances of birth
She returned to her native land.
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4. indigenous: originating, produced, growing, or living naturally in a place
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5. characteristic of local inhabitants: characteristic of, belonging to, or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a particular place, particularly those with a traditional culture
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6. not externally affected: unaffected by artificial or outside influences
the native charm of the local fishing villages
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7. chemical elements occurring naturally: found in nature, especially in a pure or unadulterated form
native copper
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8. comput for particular computer system: designed exclusively for a particular computer operating system
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noun (plural na·tives) |
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1. somebody born in particular place: somebody born or brought up in a particular place
a native of Boston
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2. offensive term: an offensive term for an original inhabitant of a place belonging to an indigenous nonwhite people with a traditional culture, as distinct from a colonial settler and immigrant
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3. indigenous plant or animal species: a plant or animal species that originates from a particular area
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comput readable by particular application: used to describe the format in which a software application normally saves its documents, usually readable only by that application
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| [14th century. Directly or via French natif< Latin nativus "born" < nasci "be born"] |
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| na·tive·ly adverb |
| na·tive·ness noun |
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go native to take up the customs and culture of the foreign place where you have settled (humorous)
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The Latin word nasci "to be born," from which native is derived, and its past participle natus are also the source of English cognate, impregnate, innate, naive, nascent, nation, nature, noel, pregnant, puny, and renaissance.
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native, aboriginal, indigenous, autochthonous
CORE MEANING: originating in a particular place
native born or originating in a particular place;
the native peoples of Siberia
Native to the region are jaguars, giant anteaters, and caymans.
aboriginal existing in a place from the earliest known times;
a tiny aboriginal island community
indigenous originating in and naturally living, growing, or occurring in a region or country;
the indigenous population of the region
autochthonous originating where currently found, especially used of rocks and minerals that were formed in their present position, or flora, fauna, or inhabitants descended from those present in a region from earliest times;
Hummingbirds are autochthonous and exclusive birds of tropical America.
autochthonous Miocene claystones |
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