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Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Meaning of "native" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NATIVE

From Latin nātīvus innate, natural, from nascī to be born.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NATIVE

native  [ˈneɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Native can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of native in the English dictionary

The first definition of native in the dictionary is relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth. Other definition of native is inherent, natural, or innate. Native is also born in a specified place.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NATIVE


combinative
ˈkɒmbɪˌneɪtɪv
conglutinative
kənˈɡluːtɪˌneɪtɪv
contemplative
ˈkɒntɛmˌpleɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
degenerative
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtɪv
designative
ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪtɪv
detonative
ˈdɛtəˌneɪtɪv
illative
ɪˈleɪtɪv
innative
ɪˈneɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
integrative
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
irritative
ˈɪrɪˌteɪtɪv
modificative
ˈmɒdɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
multiplicative
ˈmʌltɪplɪˌkeɪtɪv
oxidative
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪv
qualificative
ˈkwɒlɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv
stative
ˈsteɪtɪv
translative
trænsˈleɪtɪv
uncreative
ˌʌnkrɪˈeɪtɪv
unnative
ʌnˈneɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NATIVE

natis
Native American
native bear
native bush
native cat
native companion
native country
native dog
native frangipani
native language
native oak
native peach
native speaker
Native States
native tongue
native-born
natively
nativeness
nativism
nativist

WORDS THAT END LIKE NATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
legislative
narrative
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of native in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «native» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of native

Translation of «native» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NATIVE

Find out the translation of native to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of native from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «native» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

本国的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

natal
570 millions of speakers

English

native
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أهليٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

родной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থানীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

natif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

native
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

出生地の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태어난
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Native
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc nơi sinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சொந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rodzimy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рідний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

natal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γηγενής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moedertaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infödd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innfødt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of native

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NATIVE»

The term «native» is very widely used and occupies the 4.241 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «native» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «native» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about native

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10 QUOTES WITH «NATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word native.
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Sherman Alexie
My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
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Stephen Ambrose
Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.
3
Sean Bean
I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.
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Daniel Boone
Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
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Edwin Booth
The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them.
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Jacob Bronowski
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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Bill Bryson
Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.
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Donald Cargill
I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.
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Bob Casey, Jr.
Pennsylvania couldn't be prouder of our native son, Joe Biden from Scranton. No one knows us better than Joe.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NATIVE»

Discover the use of native in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to native and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Native Son
Native Son has captured, as no other novel has, the powerful emotions and suffering, the frustrations and yearnings, the restlessness and hysteria, of all the Bigger Thomases.
Richard Wright, 1940
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The Return of the Native
Presents Hardy's classic novel of two people caught up in their passion for each other and conflicting ambitions Leak and savage, Egdon Heath seems to breathe darkness and it claws back those who rise above it.
Thomas Hardy, 1995
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The Java Native Interface: Programmer's Guide and Specification
It allows programmers to take full advantage of the Java platform without having to abandon their investment in legacy code. This book is the definitive resource and a comprehensive guide to working with the JNI.
Sheng Liang, 1999
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Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination
Shari M. Huhndorf uses cultural artifacts such as these to examine the phenomenon of "going native," showing its complex relations to social crises in the broader American society—including those posed by the rise of industrial capitalism ...
Shari Michelle Huhndorf, 2001
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Handbook of Native American Literature
Collects essays on the oral literatures of Native Americans, covering revitalization movements, myth and religion, and humor in Native American culture While the ethnographic and ethnohistorical literature of Native Americans is voluminous ...
Andrew Wiget, 1996
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A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
Dispelling myths, answering questions, and stimulating thoughtful avenues for further inquiry, this highly readable reference on 200 Native American groups lists North American Indian tribes alphabetically, giving significant facts about ...
Barry Pritzker, 2000
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Native American Placenames of the United States
This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages.
William Bright, 2004
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Dream Catchers : How Mainstream America Discovered Native ...
In this book, Jenkins charts this remarkable change, highlighting the complex history of white American attitudes towards Native religions from colonial times to the present.
Philip Jenkins Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies Pennsylvania State University, 2004
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The Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition
An encyclopedic work that integrates American Indian law and Native American political and legal traditions.
Bruce Elliott Johansen, 1998
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Native American Architecture
Surveys the architectural structures of various tribes of Native Americans, including longhouses, adobe houses, and cliff dwellings
Peter Nabokov, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term native is used in the context of the following news items.
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Native forests can help hit emissions targets – if we leave them alone
Avoiding logging in native forests could earn Australia millions of extra carbon credits. David Blair, Author provided ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
2
Native Clipboard Is a Clipboard Manager That Stays Out of the Way
Android: Copying and pasting text on Android can be a bit of a hassle. Native Clipboard helps ease the pain by allowing you to double-tap any ... «Lifehacker, Jul 15»
3
There's no match for a native plant patch
Native plants are now regaining street cred, not just as beautiful options for our garden beds, but for the countless beneficial services they ... «Farm and Dairy, Jul 15»
4
Connecticut Native, Reality TV Star Killed in LA
A Redondo Beach man faces charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend, a former Los Angeles police officer-turned attorney who ... «NBC Connecticut, Jul 15»
5
Oak Flat: The Latest Land Grab From Native Americans
A "sneak law" attachment to a "must-pass" bill gives sacred Native American land to a foreign mining company. How did this happen? «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Finding New Ways to Define Native Hawaiian Student Success
Educators were asked this week to identify measurements of achievement for young Native Hawaiians in the coming decade. The answer had ... «Honolulu Civil Beat, Jul 15»
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Norman, Oklahoma native wins Nascar truck race
ROSSBURG, Ohio (AP) —Christopher Bell won the Mud Summer Classic on Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway in his third career start in ... «KOCO Oklahoma City, Jul 15»
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Nesting boxes encourage native animals back following Perth Hills …
Dozens of wooden boxes designed to replicate tree hollows have been installed in the Perth Hills to create habitats for birds and possums in ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
9
Navy Week: Fargo Native Americans Welcome U.S. Navy
As a way to honor their guests and Admiral Stuart Munsch, who is an Oakes, North Dakota native, a traditional veteran song was played by ... «KVRR, Jul 15»
10
State gets 30-day extension in Native land case
But she said that land into trust isn't likely to be a silver bullet for concerns facing Alaska Native tribes or even widely applied, at least at first. «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»

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