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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024na•tive /ˈneɪtɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - being the place or environment in which a person was born, or the place or environment in which a thing came into being:[before a noun]returned to his native land.
- belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature;
inherent:[before a noun]the desert's native beauty. - Physical Anthropologybelonging to or originating in a certain place;
local:The dancers wore their native dress. - born in a particular place:[before a noun]a native New Yorker.
- Language Varieties, Linguisticsof or relating to something first learned by a person:English is his native language.
n. [countable] - a person born in a particular place or country:a native of Ohio.
- one who lived in a place originally or has lived there a long time, esp. as distinguished from temporary residents.
- Biologyan animal, plant, etc., originating in a particular region.
Idioms- Idioms go native, [no object] to adopt the behavior and dress of a surrounding culture.
See -nat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024na•tive (nā′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being:one's native land.
- belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature;
inherent:native ability; native grace. - Physical Anthropologybelonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, esp. a preliterate people:Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest.
- of indigenous origin, growth, or production:native pottery.
- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country:native customs; native dress.
- born in a particular place or country:a native New Yorker.
- Language Varieties, Linguisticsof or pertaining to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language:Her native language is Greek.
- Language Varieties, Linguisticspertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language:a native speaker of English; native command of a language.
- under the rule of natives:a native government.
- occupied by natives:the native quarter of Algiers.
- remaining or growing in a natural state;
unadorned or unchanged:the native beauty of a desert island. - forming the source or origin of a person or thing:He returned to his native Kansas.
- originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants.
- found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance:the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
- [Chem., Mineral.](of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined:native copper.
- belonging to a person as a birthright:to deprive a person of his native rights.
- Computing
- designed for use with a specific type of computer:writing native applications for 32-bit PCs.
- internal to a specific application program:to view the file in its native format.
- [Archaic.]closely related, as by birth.
- Informal Terms, Idioms go native, to adopt or affect the manners or way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own, esp. a less developed country:After living on the island for a year, we went native and began to wear the local costume.
n. - one of the people indigenous to a place or country, esp. as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:the natives of Chile.
- a person born in a particular place or country:a native of Ohio.
- Biologyan organism indigenous to a particular region.
- British Terms, Invertebratesan oyster reared in British waters, esp. in an artificial bed.
- Astrologya person born under a particular planet.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Latin nātīvus inborn, natural, equivalent. to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English natif (adjective, adjectival)
- 1325–75
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inherited, innate, inbred, congenital.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged autochthonous, aboriginal.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged real, genuine, original.
- 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aborigine.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged acquired.
- 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alien
native, + adj. - Computing
- Computingdesigned for use with a specific type of computer:writing native applications for 32-bit PCs.
- Computinginternal to a specific application program:to view the file in its native format.
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