noun🔗ShareAn aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular:"The native student explained the customs of her home village to the class. "personracenationhistorycultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular:"The school's new student council president is a native of this town. "racehistorynationculturesocietypersonessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place."My neighbor, a native of France, often talks about her childhood experiences in Paris. "personplacehistorynationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA native speaker."The native of the town gave a presentation about local history at school. "languagepersoncultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOstrea edulis, a kind of oyster."The restaurant's special dish featured fresh native oysters. "foodanimalbiologyorganismfishessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBelonging to one by birth."English is not my native language."familypersonnaturecultureracelanguagehistorynationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCharacteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times."The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines."historycultureracenationgeographyplacesocietytraditionhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBorn or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported."Many native artists studied abroad."naturebiologyenvironmentplacepersonorganismessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man."The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple."environmentbiologynatureecologyplantanimalessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question."The native integer size is sixteen bits."computingtechnologysystemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOccurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt."The gold found in the river was native gold, meaning it was not mixed with other minerals. "naturematerialchemistrygeologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareArising by birth; having an origin; born."My grandmother is a native of Ireland. "familypersonnationbiologyraceculturehistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOriginal; constituting the original substance of anything."native dust"naturesubstancematerialessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNaturally related; cognate; connected (with)."My grandmother's language is a native tongue to the region. "languagelinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading