ALL meanings of native
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N n - adjective native being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land. 1
- adjective native belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native grace. 1
- adjective native belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest. 1
- adjective native of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery. 1
- adjective native of, relating to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs; native dress. 1
- adjective native born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker. 1
- adjective native of or relating to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language: Her native language is Greek. 1
- adjective native pertaining to or characteristic of a person using his or her native language: a native speaker of English; native command of a language. 1
- adjective native under the rule of natives: a native government. 1
- adjective native occupied by natives: the native quarter of Algiers. 1
- adjective native remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged: the native beauty of a desert island. 1
- adjective native forming the source or origin of a person or thing: He returned to his native Kansas. 1
- adjective native originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants. 1
- adjective native found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance: the difference between native and industrial diamonds. 1
- adjective native Chemistry, Mineralogy. (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined: native copper. 1
- adjective native belonging to a person as a birthright: to deprive a person of his native rights. 1
- adjective native Digital Technology. of or relating to software designed specifically for the platform on which it is running: native applications for 64-bit PCs; native mobile apps. of or relating to data interpreted or displayed by the software or hardware for which it was originally encoded: to view the file in its native format. 1
- adjective native Archaic. closely related, as by birth. 1
- noun native Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.: the natives of Chile. 1
- noun native a person born in a particular place or country: a native of Ohio. 1
- noun native an organism indigenous to a particular region. 1
- noun native British. an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed. 1
- noun native Astrology. a person born under a particular planet. 1
- idioms native go native, Informal: Sometimes Offensive. to adopt the way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own (sometimes used facetiously): After living on the island for a year, we went native and did without air conditioning just like the locals. I don’t usually drink alcohol, but at the frat party I went native and played beer pong with everyone else. 1
- noun native When used to mean "an original inhabitant of a place or country," the noun native may be taken as offensive and has declined in use. Historically it is associated with colonialist attitudes: indigenous people, especially when nonwhite, were typically considered to be primitive or culturally inferior. Unlike the noun, the corresponding adjectival use of native is generally acceptable, as in Native American. 1
- adjective native born locally 1
- adjective native indigenous 1
- noun native indigenous person 1
- adjective native land: of origin 1
- adjective native inherent, instinctive 1
- adjective native language: of origin 1
- noun native person born locally 1
- noun native A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not. 1
- adjective native Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. 0
- countable noun native A native of a particular country or region is someone who was born in that country or region. 0
- countable noun native Native is also an adjective. 0
- countable noun native Some European people use native to refer to a person living in a non-Western country who belongs to the race or tribe that the majority of people there belong to. This use could cause offence. 0
- adjective native Your native language or tongue is the first language that you learned to speak when you were a child. 0
- adjective native Plants or animals that are native to a particular region live or grow there naturally and were not brought there. 0
- adjective native Native is also a noun. 0
- adjective native A native ability or quality is one that you possess naturally without having to learn it. 0
- adjective native relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth 0
- adjective native inherent, natural, or innate 0
- adjective native born in a specified place 0
- adjective native originating in a specific place or area 0
- adjective native characteristic of or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a country or area 0
- adjective native (of chemical elements, esp metals) found naturally in the elemental form 0
- adjective native unadulterated by civilization, artifice, or adornment; natural 0
- adjective native related by birth or race 0
- adjective native (of an application, software, etc) designed to run on a specific platform 0