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[Adjective] | "na*tive" | \ ˈnā-tiv \

1: inborn, innate

2: belonging to a particular place by birth

3: closely related

Origin: 15th century ;

Middle English natif, from Middle French, from Latin nativus, from natus, past participle of nasci to be born {mat|nation|};

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[Adjective] | "na*tive-born" | \ ˈnā-tiv-ˌbȯrn \

1: belonging to or associated with a particular place (such as a country) because of being born in that place

Origin: 1645 ;

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[Adjective] | "non-na*tive" | \ ˌnän-ˈnā-tiv \

1: not native: such as

2: living or growing in a place that is not the location of its natural occurrence

3: not born or raised in the place where a particular language is spoken

Origin: 1845 ;

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[Noun] | "native"

1: one born or reared in a particular place

2: an original or Indigenous inhabitant

3: something indigenous to a particular locality

Origin: 1535 ;

See: {native:1 };

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[Noun] | "Native American"

1: a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere; especially : a Native American of North America and especially the U.S.

Origin: circa 1628 ;

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[Noun] | "Native Alaskan"

1: a member of any of the Indigenous arctic peoples of the area that is now Alaska : alaska native

Origin: 1868 ;

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[Noun] | "native land"

1: the country in which one was born

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[Noun] | "native soil"

1: the place where someone is originally from

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[Noun] | "native speaker"

1: a person who learned to speak the language of the place where he or she was born as a child rather than learning it as a foreign language

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[Noun] | "Alaska Native"

1: a member of any of the Indigenous arctic peoples of the area that is now Alaska —called also Native Alaskan

Origin: 1871 ;

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[Adjective] | "native"

1: belonging to a particular place by birth or origin;

* e.g., " ... though she now lived in the Northeast, she was a native Midwesterner "

Antonyms :
nonindigenous,
nonnative

2: being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining;

* e.g., " ... diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine "

3: being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing;

* e.g., " ... a native energy and ambition that would allow him to rise above his humble beginnings "

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[Noun] | "native"

1: a usually longtime resident of a locality;

* e.g., " ... the natives seem to resent the summer tourists even though they depend upon them for their livelihood "

Antonyms :
nonnative

2: a member of the first people to inhabit a region;

* e.g., " ... the anthropologist spent two years living among the island's natives and observing and documenting their customs and traditions "

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