native
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1.5
- adjective
- /ˈneɪtɪv/
:
nativo
- But you can never again set foot on your native soil.
- native language
- native speaker
- native people
So they they go on and GED says her native tongue, her mother tongue.
- So they they go on and GED says her native tongue, her mother tongue.
- But I I'm I'm native to Socal and I didn't know that.
- Joining me is native Plainfieldian Melissa McCarthy.
- With house plants, we're making some kind of native plant conform to our inside conditions.
- There is not riding a bicycle but speaking a native language.
- I mean the endurance of being native and being alive.
- I'll show you some images of the native city from the British view.
- That every musical note is a flame native in its own tongue.
- There has always been variations of people native to every land is what I'm saying.
- But it was never sort of native to my to my, my core being.
- How can this bitch speak native French?
Examples
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The lush forests are home to many native plants that thrive in this climate.
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The stories told herein do help build a sense of the Native American worldview.
Academic text (2017) -
We are a band of brothers native to the soil.
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I'll show you some images of the native city from the British view.
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Well, we're primarily involved with the study of Native American culture.
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A traditional dish native to South Central France.
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In Tangier, I lived in one room in the native quarter.
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All of the children were reported to be monolingual, native speakers of Standard American English.
Academic text (2015) -
For instance, Edward S. Curtis's photos of Native American people are well known from history.
Academic text (2012) -
First, the increasingly popular language of trauma resonates with Native peoples and within Native communities.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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5.6
Living or growing naturally in a place and not moved there from somewhere else
27
7.2
Found regularly in a particular place or group of people
24
6.5
Of the first people or things living in a region
12
4.0
A person who grew up in a place or family and feels a strong connection to it
9
3.7
A person born in a place who did not move there later
A person born in a place who is a native of that city or region
Living naturally in the place where it is found
Native to the place where it is found
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.4
A person whose family lived in North or South America before Europeans arrived
- Australian
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5.1
A person whose family lived in Australia before Europeans arrived
A person from the original communities who lived in Alaska or whose family comes from them
- Australian
A small Australian animal that lives in trees, carries babies in a pouch, and eats eucalyptus leaves
- Australian
A small Australian animal that looks like a cat and carries its babies in a pouch
- Australian
A low spreading shrub with bright red flowers and small berries like cranberries
- New Zealand
A shrub or small tree from New Zealand with dark red flowers that grows up to 10 feet tall
- Archaic
A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes
- Australian
A low evergreen shrub from southern Australia with triangular or heart-shaped leaves and orange-yellow flowers
How Native
Surface Forms
Etymology
Native comes from the Latin word nativus, from natus meaning 'born', so it helps to think of something that is 'born' in a place; that's why a native language or culture is one that started or grew there naturally.