Meaning of 'native' (Webster Dictionary)
- Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- 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.
- 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.
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
as, native dust.
- Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness,
simplicity, rights, etc.
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
- Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native
silver.
- Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
- 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.
- Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished
from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Meaning of 'native' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a person born in a particular place or country
Meaning (2):
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
Example in sentence:- the art of the natives of the northwest coast;
- the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students
Meaning (3):
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
Example in sentence:- many native artists studied abroad;
- the native North American sugar maple
Meaning (4):
- belonging to one by birth
Example in sentence:- my native land;
- one's native language
Meaning (5):
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
Example in sentence:- native Americans;
- the aboriginal peoples of Australia
Meaning (6):
- as found in nature in the elemental form
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