Definitions for native
ˈneɪ tɪvna·tive

Princeton's WordNet(2.63 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal(noun)

   an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

   "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"

2. native(noun)

   a person born in a particular place or country

   "he is a native of Brazil"

3. native(adj)

   indigenous plants and animals

4. native(adj)

   characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

   "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

5. native(adj)

   belonging to one by birth

   "my native land"; "one's native language"

6. native, aboriginal(adj)

   characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

   "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"

7. native(adj)

   as found in nature in the elemental form

   "native copper"

GCIDE(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Native(a.)

   Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic.

2. Native(a.)

   Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital

3. Native(n.)

   One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France; the natives are restless.

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. native(Noun)

   A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).

   She is a regular Wiki* native.

2. native(Noun)

   A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.

3. native(Noun)

   Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.

   Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

4. native(Adjective)

   Belonging to one by birth.

5. native(Adjective)

   Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

6. native(Adjective)

   Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.

7. native(Adjective)

   Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.

   Many native artists studied abroad.

8. native(Adjective)

   Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.

   The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.

9. native(Adjective)

   Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

10. native(Adjective)

    Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.

Origin: From natif, from nativus, from natus, ‘birth’.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Native(adj)

   arising by birth; having an origin; born

2. Native(adj)

   of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc

3. Native(adj)

   born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries

4. Native(adj)

   original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust

5. Native(adj)

   conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc

6. Native(adj)

   naturally related; cognate; connected (with)

7. Native(adj)

   found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver

8. Native(adj)

   found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride

9. Native(noun)

   one who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France

10. Native(noun)

    any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds

Origin: [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Nave, Neif a serf.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Native

   nā′tiv, adj. arising or appearing by birth: produced by nature: pertaining to the time or place of birth: belonging by birth, hereditary, natural, original: occurring uncombined with other substances, as metals.—n. one born in any place: an original inhabitant: (pl.) oysters raised in artificial beds.—adv. Nā′tively.—ns. Nā′tiveness; Nā′tivism, the belief that the mind possesses some ideas or forms of thought that are inborn, and not derived from sensation: the disposition to favour the natives of a country in preference to immigrants; Nā′tivist.—adj. Nativis′tic.—n. Nativ′ity, state or fact of being born: time, place, and manner of birth: the birth of Christ, hence the festival of His birth, Christmas—also a picture representing His birth: state or place of being produced: a horoscope.—Native rock, stone not yet quarried. [Fr.,—L. nativus—nasci, natus, to be born.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'native' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3816

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'native' in Adjectives Frequency: #521

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of native in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of native in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of native in a Sentence

1. Michael Paul Alexander:

   I love the snow because I'm a native New Yorker.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Dreams are our only geography—our native land.

3. Paul Williams:

   They're plants that are not native to Washington, DC.

4. Euripides:

   What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

5. Fabrice:

   In 1492 native Americans discovered Columbus lost at sea!...

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