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The Meaning of native
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(a.) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
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(a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc.
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(a.) Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries.
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(a.) Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust.
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(a.) Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, simplicity, rights, etc.
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(a.) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
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(a.) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver.
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(a.) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride.
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(n.) One who, or that which, is born in a place or country referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.
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(n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds.
Synonyms
indigen
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indigene
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aborigine
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aboriginal
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native Australian
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primaeval
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primordial
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primal
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primeval
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inherent
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congenital
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indispensable
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innate
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essential
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indwelling
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inseparable
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natural
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immanent
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infixed
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internal
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subjective
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inborn
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ingrained
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intrinsic
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inbred
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inhering
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inwrought
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autochthonal
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autochthonic
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autochthonous
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endemic
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indigenous
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domestic
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homegrown
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native-born
Antonyms
adventive
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strange
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foreign
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impure
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nonnative
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naturalized
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unconnected
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superfluous
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transient
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external
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incidental
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superadded
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superimposed
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outward
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superficial
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supplemental
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casual
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fortuitous
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subsidiary
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unnaturalised
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adopted
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unnaturalized
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imported
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accidental
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extrinsic
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adoptive
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alien
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exotic
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tramontane
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established
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foreign-born
Rhymes
accommodative
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accumulative
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administrative
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alliterative
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appreciative
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authoritative
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collaborative
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commemorative
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cooperative
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creative
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dative
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deliberative
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facultative
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imitative
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innovative
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investigative
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iterative
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legislative
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manipulative
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nonnative
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probative
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prognosticative
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qualitative
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quantitative
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regulative
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rehabilitative
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stative
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stimulative
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vegetative