native

native: na|tive¹ W3 [ˈneıtıv] adj

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1¦(country)¦

2 native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc

3 native language/tongue

4¦(plant/animal)¦

5¦(art/custom)¦

6¦(natural)¦

7 go native

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[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: natif, from Latin nativus, from natus; NATION]

1.) ¦(COUNTRY)¦ [only before noun]

your native country, town etc is the place where you were born

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▪ They never saw their native land again.

▪ He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland.

2.) native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc

a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place

3.) native language/tongue

the language you spoke when you first learned to speak

= ↑first language

▪ English is not the native language for almost half of our overseas visitors.

4.) ¦(PLANT/ANIMAL)¦

growing, living, produced etc in one particular place

= ↑indigenous

▪ Singapore has many native species of palm.

native to

▪ These fish are native to North America.

5.) ¦(ART/CUSTOM)¦ [only before noun]

native customs, traditions etc are related to people who lived in a particular country before European people arrived there

▪ the native traditions of Peru

▪ stalls selling native jewelry

▪ native folklore

6.) ¦(NATURAL)¦ [only before noun]

a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth

▪ her native wit

7.) go native

to behave, dress, or speak like the people who live in the country where you have come to stay or work - used humorously

▪ Austen has been living in New Guinea so long he's gone native.

native ²

native² n

1.) a person who was born in a particular place

native of

▪ a native of Switzerland

2.) someone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long time

native of

▪ He has become a native of Glasgow.

3.) [usually plural] not polite a word used by white people in the past to refer to the people who lived in America, Africa, southern Asia etc before European people arrived, now considered offensive

▪ He was not certain whether the natives were friendly.

4.) a plant or animal that grows or lives naturally in a place

native of

▪ The bear was once a native of Britain.

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Synonyms:

Natal, of birth / Vernacular, mother / Indigenous, natural / Original, genuine, intrinsic, real, unartificial, natural / Home, domestic / Natural, inherent, innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, indigenous, Original inhabitant

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Native bear — Native Na tive (n[=a] t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na[ i]ve}, {Neif} a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Anaximander s opinion is, that the gods are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Native bread — Native Na tive (n[=a] t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na[ i]ve}, {Neif} a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Anaximander s opinion is, that the gods are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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