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The meaning of NATIVE is inborn, innate. How to use native in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Native.
Native definition: being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being. See examples of NATIVE used in a sentence.
a person who was born in a particular place, or a plant or animal that lives or grows naturally in a place and has not been brought from somewhere else: a native of Monaco. The red squirrel is a native of Britain. offensive old-fashioned.
The word native has to do with where you're from. You're native to the country where you were born, and places have native plants and animals too. Things that are native are indigenous — they were born there.
1. a. One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States. b. One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place. 2. An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.
Native Definition. Inborn or innate rather than acquired. Being such by birth or origin. A native Scot. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place. Related to one as, or in connection with, the place of one's birth or origin. One's native land, one's native language.
You will be able to meet local people, eat local food and ‘go native’. Definition of native adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are 27 meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective native, ten of which are labelled obsolete, and three of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
pertaining to or characteristic of a person using a native language or first language, acquired in childhood: a native speaker of English; native command of a language. under the rule of natives: a native government.
A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. She is a native of that city. American English : native / ˈneɪtɪv /
