Native definition
Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances.
Native copper.
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Natural, unaltered, or unadorned.
Native beauty.
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Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate.
Her native intelligence.
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Inborn or innate rather than acquired.
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Occurring in a pure state in nature.
Native gold.
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Related to one as, or in connection with, the place of one's birth or origin.
One's native land, one's native language.
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Simple; natural; free from affectation.
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As found in nature; natural and not refined, adorned, or altered by man.
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Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous.
A plant native to Asia.
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Of or characteristic of the natives, or indigenous inhabitants, of a place.
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(biochemistry) Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.
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Living or growing naturally in a particular place or region; indigenous.
Belonging to a locality or country by birth, production, or growth; indigenous.
A native Bostonian, plants native to Florida.
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A person born in the place or country indicated.
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An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.
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Occurring in nature on its own, uncombined with other substances. Copper and gold are often found in native form.
Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.
Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous.
A plant native to Asia.
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(biochemistry) Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.
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Native is defined as someone born in a particular region or something that grows naturally in a region.
An example of native is a person born in New York.
An example of native is a plant that grows naturally in the forest.
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(archaic) Closely related, as by birth or race.
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Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances.
Native copper.
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Being such by birth or origin.
A native Scot.
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Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
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Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants.
Native dress; the native diet of Polynesia.
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Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth.
Our native land.
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An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.
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One born in or connected with a place by birth.
A native of Scotland now living in the United States.
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One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.
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A permanent resident, as distinguished from a temporary resident or visitor.
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An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
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An indigenous plant or animal.
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Pertaining to something in its original, natural form. As examples, voice and video are analog in their native forms, whereas computer-to-computer communications are digital.
Referring to program code or an application written for a specific operating environment, such as an operating system (e.g., DOS or UNIX) or processor.
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What are now called "˜Native Americans' used to be called Indians.
The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.
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(chiefly North America, also Native) Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.
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Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
A native inhabitant.
Native oysters or strawberries.
Many native artists studied abroad.
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(computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
The native integer size is sixteen bits.
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(mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
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Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
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Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
Native dust.
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Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
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A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
She is a regular Wiki* native.
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Some natives must have stolen our cattle.
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The definition of a native is a person who was born in a particular location or a person who lives in a particular location.
An example of a native to New York is a person who was born in New York.
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go native
- to adopt the mode of life, often one less complicated, of the native inhabitants
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
native
Plural:
natives