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native
[ ney-tiv ]
adjective
- being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being:
one's native land.
- belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native grace.
native ability;
native grace.
Synonyms: , ,
- belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, especially a preliterate people:
Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rainforest.
- of indigenous origin, growth, or production:
native pottery.
Synonyms: ,
- Native. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: Native dress.
Native customs;
Native dress.
- born in a particular place or country:
a native New Yorker.
- of or relating to a language acquired by a person before or to the exclusion of any other language:
Her native language is Greek.
- pertaining to or characteristic of a person using a native language or first language, acquired in childhood: native command of a language.
a native speaker of English;
native command of a language.
- under the rule of natives:
a native government.
- occupied by natives:
the native quarter of Algiers.
- remaining or growing in a natural state; unadorned or unchanged:
the native beauty of a desert island.
Synonyms: , ,
- forming the source or origin of a person or thing:
He returned to his native Kansas.
- originating naturally in a particular country or region, as animals or plants:
Hundreds of species of plants and trees native to central Texas are displayed and nurtured in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, south of Austin.
- found in nature rather than produced artificially, as a mineral substance:
the difference between native and industrial diamonds.
- Chemistry, Mineralogy. (of metals) occurring in nature pure or uncombined:
native copper.
- belonging to a person as a birthright:
to deprive people of their native rights.
- Digital Technology.
- of or relating to software designed specifically for the platform on which it is running: native mobile apps.
native applications for 64-bit PCs;
native mobile apps.
- of or relating to data interpreted or displayed by the software or hardware for which it was originally encoded:
to view the file in its native format.
- Archaic. closely related, as by birth.
noun
- Sometimes Offensive. one of the people indigenous to a place or country, especially as distinguished from strangers, foreigners, colonizers, etc.:
the natives of Chile.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- Native. Sometimes Offensive. Indigenous ( def 2 ).
- a person born in a particular place or country:
a native of Ohio.
- an organism indigenous to a particular region.
- British. an oyster reared in British waters, especially in an artificial bed.
- Astrology. a person born under a particular planet:
Capricorn natives are practical, collected, and reliable allies to have in a crisis.
native
/ 藞苍别瑟迟瑟惫 /
adjective
- relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth
my native city
- inherent, natural, or innate
a native strength
- born in a specified place
a native German
- whenpostpositive, foll by to originating in a specific place or area
kangaroos are native to Australia
- characteristic of or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a country or area
the native art of the New Guinea Highlands
- (of chemical elements, esp metals) found naturally in the elemental form
- unadulterated by civilization, artifice, or adornment; natural
- archaic.related by birth or race
- go native(of a settler) to adopt the lifestyle of the local population, esp when it appears less civilized
noun
- usually foll by of a person born in a particular place
a native of Geneva
- usually foll by of a species originating in a particular place or area
the kangaroo is a native of Australia
- a member of an indigenous people of a country or area, esp a non-White people, as opposed to colonial settlers and immigrants
- offensive.any non-White
native
- Living or growing naturally in a particular place or region; indigenous.
- 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.
Usage
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- 藞苍补迟颈惫别濒测, adverb
- 藞苍补迟颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 苍补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
- 苍补路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 苍辞苍路苍补路迟颈惫别 adjective noun
- non路苍补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
- non路苍补路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 辫谤辞路苍补路迟颈惫别 adjective
- 辩耻补路蝉颈-苍补路迟颈惫别 adjective
- 耻苍路苍补路迟颈惫别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of native1
Idioms and Phrases
- go native, Informal: Often Offensive. to adopt the way of life of a place or environment that is different from one's own (sometimes used facetiously): I don鈥檛 usually drink alcohol, but at the frat party I went native and played beer pong with everyone else.
After living on the island for a year, we went native and did without air conditioning just like the locals.
I don鈥檛 usually drink alcohol, but at the frat party I went native and played beer pong with everyone else.
Example Sentences
In 1521, he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan and some of his native allies at the battle of Mactan, delaying Spanish occupation of the region for over 40 years.
In the face of such anticipated loss at the hands of her native government, Nichols said she's battling a "general feeling of powerlessness" not unlike other Americans, particularly those on the left.
"This is a critical time of year for our native wildlife 鈥 with birds nesting and other animals such as amphibians and reptiles coming out of winter dormancy and starting to breed."
鈥淲e tend to not do a very good job of making our yards friendly to native wildlife.鈥
The results showed that native Fijian iguana populations have much greater genetic diversity than previously thought 鈥 possibly pointing to an entirely new species of iguana.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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