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 — 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 native,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
native — [nāt′iv] adj. [ME natyf < MFr natif < L nativus < natus, born: see NATURE] 1. inborn or innate rather than acquired 2. belonging to a locality or country by birth, production, or growth; indigenous [a native Bostonian, native industry,… … English World dictionary
native — adj Native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal, autochthonous all mean belonging to or associated with a particular place by birth or origin. A person or thing is native (opposed to foreign, alien) that has had his or its birth or origin in the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
native — 1. In many of its meanings, native is uncontroversial: native speaker, native of Liverpool, native oak are typical examples of uneventful usage. The danger signals start to sound when the word is used to mean ‘an original inhabitant of a country’ … Modern English usage
Native — (duo) Cet article concerne le groupe de musique. Pour les autres significations, voir Natif. Le groupe Native est un duo français créé en 1991. Il se compose de deux sœurs, Laura Mayne (l ainée, née le 20 janvier 1968 à Villemomble) et… … Wikipédia en Français
native — ► NOUN 1) a person born in a specified place. 2) a local inhabitant. 3) an indigenous animal or plant. 4) dated, offensive a non white original inhabitant of a country as regarded by European colonists or travellers. ► ADJECTIVE 1) associated… … English terms dictionary
native — I (domestic) adjective aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, domestic, enchorial, enchoric, endemic, endemical, home grown, indigenous, local, locally born, not alien, not foreign, original, regional, unborrowed, vernacular II… … Law dictionary
native — [adj1] innate, inherent built in, congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, implanted, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, inwrought,… … New thesaurus
Native — Na tive, n. 1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. (Stock… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
native — native. См. природный. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
native — natively, adv. nativeness, n. /nay tiv/, adj. 1. being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native… … Universalium

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