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   Na·tive

   /ˈnādiv/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not: "a native of Montreal"
   • ▪ a local inhabitant: "New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives"
   • ▪ a nonwhite original inhabitant of a place, as regarded by European colonists or travelers.
   • ▪ an animal or plant indigenous to a place: "the marigold is a native of southern Europe"

   adjective

   • 1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth: "he's a native New Yorker" Similar mothervernacular
   • ▪ of the indigenous inhabitants of a place: "a ceremonial native dance from Fiji" Similar indigenousoriginalearliestfirstaboriginalinitialancientprimevalprimordialrare:autochthonousautochthonicOpposite immigrant
   • 2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth: "these plants are native to North America" Similar domestichomegrownhomemadehomelocalindigenousendemicOpposite imported
   • 3. (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth rather than acquired; innate: "some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing" Similar innateinherentinbornintrinsicinstinctiveinstinctualintuitivenaturalnatural-borndeep-seateddeep-rootedhereditaryinheritedin the bloodin the familynatalcongenitalbred in the boneinbredingrainedbuilt-inrare:connateconnaturalOpposite acquiredlearned
   • 4. (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.
   • 5. designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.

   Derivatives

   • 1. natively adverb
   • 2. nativeness noun

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   What is a native country?

   • Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948. Mother Teresa visited her native Albania. A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. ...two Dutch volunteer workmen, natives of Tilburg.

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