Meaning of native in English
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Classifying Adjective
nativeDefinitions
1. as found in nature in the elemental formExamples
- « native copper »
Synonyms
- 2. normally existing at birth
Examples
- « mankind's connatural sense of the good »
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Noun
nativeEtymology
late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat-‘born’, from the verb nasciDefinitions
1. a person who was born in a particular placeExamples
- « an indigenous person »
Qualitative Adjective
nativeDefinitions
1. being such by originExamples
- « the native North American sugar maple »
- « many native artists studied abroad »
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Antonyms
- 2. belonging to one by birth
Examples
- « my native land »
- « one's native language »
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- 3. being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning
Examples
- « native Americans »
- « the aboriginal peoples of Australia »
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one. » William Shenstone
- « On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this country and the nation's first Americans. That's included a new relationship where the sovereignty of tribes is in fact recognized. » Ken Salazar
- « And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. » Dennis Banks
- « I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more. » Tori Amos
- « I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans. » Bob Greene