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Definition: Meaning of, native in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈneɪtɪv /

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  1. country [only before noun] your native country, town etc is the place where you were born [↪  home]
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  2. native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc a person or people who come from or have always lived in a particular place
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  3. native language/tongue the language you spoke when you first learned to speak [=  first language]
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  4. plant/animal growing, living, produced etc in one particular place [=  indigenous]
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  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
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  6. natural [only before noun] a native ability is one that you have naturally from birth
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  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
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native natives
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  1. a person who was born in a particular place
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  2. someone who lives in a place all the time or has lived there a long time
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  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
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  4. a plant or animal that grows or lives naturally in a place
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native used in phrases

  • Alaska Native (noun)
    1. a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
  • Alaskan Native (noun)
    1. a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
  • Native Alaskan (noun)
    1. a member or descendant of any of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska
  • Native American (noun)
    1. someone who belongs to one of the races that lived in North America before Europeans arrived
  • Native Hawaiian (noun)
    1. a member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the Hawaiian Islands
  • native Australian (noun)
    1. a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
  • native bear (noun)
    1. sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark
  • native beech (noun)
    1. tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
  • native cat (noun)
    1. carnivorous arboreal cat-like marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
  • native cranberry (noun)
    1. small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
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