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Meaning of native in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈneɪdɪv/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    native

    Definitions

    1. as found in nature in the elemental form

    Examples

    • « native copper »

    Synonyms

    • pure
  2. 2. normally existing at birth

    Examples

    • « mankind's connatural sense of the good »

    Synonyms

    • normal
  3. Noun

    native

    Etymology

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

    Definitions

    1. a person who was born in a particular place

    Examples

    • « an indigenous person »
  4. Qualitative Adjective

    native

    Definitions

    1. being such by origin

    Examples

    • « the native North American sugar maple »
    • « many native artists studied abroad »

    Synonyms

    • autochthonal
    • autochthonic
    • autochthonous
    • endemic
    • indigenous
    • domestic
    • homegrown
    • native-born

    Antonyms

    • foreign
  5. 2. belonging to one by birth

    Examples

    • « my native land »
    • « one's native language »

    Antonyms

    • adopted
    • adoptive
  6. 3. being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning

    Examples

    • « native Americans »
    • « the aboriginal peoples of Australia »

    Antonyms

    • nonnative

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  • « And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. »
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