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    na·tive
    [ˈnādiv]
    noun
    native (noun) · natives (plural noun)
    1. a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not:
      "a native of Montreal" · "an eighteen-year-old Brooklyn native"
      • a local inhabitant:
        "New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives"
      • dated
        offensive
        a nonwhite original inhabitant of a place, as regarded by European colonists or travelers.
      • an animal or plant indigenous to a place:
        "the marigold is a native of southern Europe"
    adjective
    native (adjective)
    1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth:
      "he's a native New Yorker" · "her native country"
      • of the indigenous inhabitants of a place:
        "a ceremonial native dance from Fiji"
    2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth:
      "these plants are native to North America" · "America's native black bear"
    3. (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth rather than acquired; innate:
      "some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing" · "a jealousy and rage native to him"
    4. (of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.
    5. computing
      designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.
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    adjective
    1. associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth:
      mother
      vernacular
    2. (of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth:
      domestic
      homegrown
      homemade
      home
      local
      indigenous
      endemic
      Opposite:
      imported
    3. (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth rather than acquired; innate:
      innate
      inherent
      inborn
      intrinsic
      instinctive
      instinctual
      intuitive
      natural
      natural-born
      deep-seated
      deep-rooted
      hereditary
      inherited
      natal
      congenital
      bred in the bone
      inbred
      ingrained
      built-in
      connate
      connatural
      in the blood
      in the family
      Opposite:
      acquired
      learned
     
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