Native

  • 11native — natively, adv. nativeness, n. /nay tiv/, adj. 1. being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; inherent: native ability; native… …

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  • 12native — na|tive1 W3 [ˈneıtıv] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(country)¦ 2 native New Yorker/population/inhabitants etc 3 native language/tongue 4¦(plant/animal)¦ 5¦(art/custom)¦ 6¦(natural)¦ 7 go native ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: natif, from …

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  • 13native — /ˈneɪtɪv / (say naytiv) adjective 1. being the place or environment in which one was born or a thing came into being: one s native land. 2. (sometimes followed by to) belonging to a person or thing by birth or nature; inborn; inherent; natural:… …

  • 14Native — The term native can have many different social and political connotations in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term, for example, when stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is… …

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  • 15native — [[t]ne͟ɪtɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ natives 1) ADJ: ADJ n Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up. It was his first visit to his native country since 1948... Mother Teresa visited her native Albania. 2) N COUNT: N… …

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  • 16native — I UK [ˈneɪtɪv] / US adjective [only before noun] ** 1) a) living in a particular country, area, or city since birth My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta. Monique returns to her native France every summer. native land (= the country …

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  • 17native — na|tive1 [ neıtıv ] adjective only before noun ** 1. ) living in a particular country, area, or city since birth: My wife s a native New Yorker, but I m from Atlanta. Monique returns to her native France every summer. native land (=the country… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18native — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 COUNTRY your native country, town etc is the place where you were born: a visit by the Pope to his native Poland | They never saw their native land again. 2 native New Yorker/Londoner/Californian etc a person who… …

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  • 19native — 01. Europeans began to settle this country about 500 years ago, but the [native] people have been here for thousands of years. 02. I would like to be able to speak Portuguese like a [native] speaker. 03. The [native] people of the Andean… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 20native — 1. noun a native of Rome, New York Syn: inhabitant, resident, local; citizen, national; aborigine, autochthon; formal dweller Ant: foreigner 2. adjective 1) the native peoples Syn: indigenous, orig …

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