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native

native

31 5.6
Works directly on a particular device or system
  • adjective
  • /ˈneɪtɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : nativo
  • Also, there's now a built in native Android screen recorder.
  • native code
  • native execution environment
  • native color space

Also, there's now a built in native Android screen recorder.

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Examples

  • The best examples are operating systems and their native execution environments.

    Academic text (2011)
  • All an NFT is is just a Internet native version of an asset, simple as that.

  • The other thing is that this having USB native on board.

  • The on screen native controls are not optimal.

  • I'm kidding, this is a native iPad game.

  • But today there's native IP in legacy systems.

  • Google is rumored to be adding a native ad blocker to Chrome.

  • The first scenario was a baseline simulation representing the native grassland conditions of the study area.

    Academic text (2017)
  • To maximize performance, the software was designed for native compatibility with the latest operating system.

  • Using native applications can provide a smoother user experience compared to web-based alternatives.

Compounds

161 3.4

A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived

The first language a person learns as a child

9 3.7

A person born in a place who did not move there later

9 3.6

A country where a person was born and still feels at home

A person who learned a language as a child and uses it as their main language

A person whose family comes from the first people of the Hawaiian Islands

A person whose family comes from the original peoples of Alaska

1 4.4

The land where you are born and grow up

A person whose family lived in Alaska before other people arrived

native Australian
  • Australian
1 5.1

A person whose family lived in Australia before Europeans arrived

native pear
  • Australian
1 9.9

A tree that has pear-shaped fruit with thick hard skin

A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them

native bear
  • Australian
4.8

A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves

native beech
  • Australian
8.9

A tall Australian tree with hard wood used to make furniture and tools

native cat
  • Australian
9.2

A small Australian animal that looks like a cat and carries its babies in a pouch

native cranberry
  • Australian
7.4

A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries

native fuchsia
  • New Zealand
8.4

A shrub or small tree from New Zealand with dark red flowers that grows up to 10 feet tall

native pomegranate
  • Australian
9.9

A small Australian tree that makes tart red fruit you can eat

native sulphur
  • Archaic
8.7

A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes

native holly
  • Australian
9.8

A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers

native orange
  • Australian
9.9

A small Australian tree that has dark purple berries you can eat

native peach
  • Australian
8.1

An Australian fruit with red flesh used in desserts and jam

How Native

native
  • Specialized
31 5.6
portable
157 2.9

Surface Forms

native positive

Morphology

native = nat + ive

The adjective is formed with the productive suffix '-ive' from a combining form 'nat-' (relating to birth/origin) that is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the computing sense from known English bases.

Etymology

Native in computing borrows the same 'born here' idea from natus 'born'—a native app is one made for a particular device or system so it runs naturally and directly there.