[
US
/ˈneɪtɪv/
]
[ UK /nˈeɪtɪv/ ]
[ UK /nˈeɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
many native artists studied abroad
the native North American sugar maple -
as found in nature in the elemental form
native copper -
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
native Americans
the aboriginal peoples of Australia -
belonging to one by birth
one's native language
my native land
NOUN
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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 - indigenous plants and animals
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a person born in a particular place or country
he is a native of Brazil
How To Use native In A Sentence
- Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage. The Seattle Times
- The same signary was also used in the early historical period to write Greek; by the end of the third century B.C., Greek alphabetic writing had almost completely supplanted the native script.
- If we got into Ceram (and got out again), the doctor would reduce the whole affair to a few tables of anthropological measurements, a few more hampers of birds, beasts, and native rubbish in the hold, and a score of paragraphs couched in the evaporated, millimetric terms of science. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
- But the avant-garde has found support for its imaginative approach from such sciences as biology.
- English is called a nominative-accusative language because both transitive and intransitive verbs take subjects. Behind Bars | ATTACKERMAN
- Pay particular attention to zoning in each of the alternatives proposed for your area.
- I mean they ought to be able to reflect on possible alternative views, and some do.
- The heroic deeds of this brave and noble Irishman have brought honour and glory to his native land.
- Some find it repugnant, others see them as casualties in an undeclared war that is greatly preferable to the alternative of full-scale conflict. Times, Sunday Times
- Helen Hunt Jackson was a known activist who campaigned for the rights of the Native American Indians.
