NATIVE

Attributes
Ref Definition Source Comments
Birth Birth Ambiguous or
Plus Contradictory
1 being the place or environment in which a person was born or Random House
x
a thing came into being
2 belonging to a person by birth or to a thing by nature; Random House
x
inherent: native ability; native grace
3 belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a Random House
x
certain place
4 of indigenous origin, growth, or production Random House x
5 of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous Random House
x
inhabitants of a place or country
6 born in a particular place or country Random House x
7 inborn, innate Merriam-Webster x
8 belonging to a particular place by birth Merriam-Webster x
9 archaic: closely related Merriam-Webster x
10 belonging to or associated with one by birth Merriam-Webster x
11 natural, normal Merriam-Webster x
12 grown, produced, or originating in a particular place or in the Merriam-Webster
x
vicinity : local
13 living or growing naturally in a particular region : indigenous Merriam-Webster x
14 simple, unaffected Merriam-Webster x
15 constituting the original substance or source Merriam-Webster Birth tagged due to “original source”, but somewhat
x x
vague as well
16 found in nature especially in an unadulterated form <mining Merriam-Webster
x
native silver>
17 relating to or describing someone's country or place of birth Cambridge Adv.
x
or someone who was born in a particular country or place Learner's
18 describes plants and animals which grow naturally in a place, Cambridge Adv.
x
and have not been brought there from somewhere else Learner's
19 your native language/tongue the first language that you learn Cambridge Adv.
x
Learner's
20 A native ability or characteristic is one that a person or thing Cambridge Adv.
has naturally and is part of their basic character: his native Learner's x
wit See also innate
21 a person who was born in a particular place, or a plant or Cambridge Adv.
animal that lives or grows naturally in a place and has not Learner's x
been brought from somewhere else
22 Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: native American
x
ability Heritage
23 Being such by birth or origin American
x
Heritage
24 Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of American
x
one's birth Heritage
25 Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region American
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Heritage
26 Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular American
x
place Heritage
27 Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants American
x
Heritage
28 Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other American
x
substances Heritage
29 Natural; unaffected American
x
Heritage
30 Archaic: Closely related, as by birth or race American
x
Heritage

Definitions: 30 Sources: 4 17 4 10
Definition Source Birth Birth Ambiguous or
Plus Contradictory
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Birth Birth Plus Ambiguous or
Contradictory
57% 13% 33%

Results exceed 100% due to items being assigned to more than one category.

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Random House Dictionary

• 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 grace.
• 3. belonging by birth to a people regarded as indigenous to a certain place, esp. a preliterate people: Native guides accompanied the expedition through the rain forest.
• 4. of indigenous origin, growth, or production: native pottery.
• 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the indigenous inhabitants of a place or country: native customs; native dress.
• 6. born in a particular place or country: a native New Yorker
• Origin: L nativus inborn, natural, equiv. to nat(us) (ptp. of nasci to be born) + -ivus -ive;

Merriam-Webster
• 1: inborn , innate <native talents>
• 2: belonging to a particular place by birth <native to Wisconsin>
• 3: archaic : closely related
• 4: belonging to or associated with one by birth
• 5: natural , normal
• 6: a: grown, produced, or originating in a particular place or in the vicinity : local
• 6: b: living or growing naturally in a particular region : indigenous
• 7: simple , unaffected
• 8: a: constituting the original substance or source
• 8: b: found in nature especially in an unadulterated form <mining native silver>
Etymology: from Latin nativus, from natus, past participle of nasci to be born

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

 adjective
• 1 [before noun] relating to or describing someone’s country or place of birth or someone who was born in a particular country or place: She returned to live and work in
her native Japan. She’s a native Californian.
• 2 describes plants and animals which grow naturally in a place, and have not been brought there from somewhere else: Henderson Island in the Pacific has more than 55
species of native flowering plants. The horse is not native to America - it was introduced by the Spanish.
• 3 [before noun] relating to the first people to live in an area: The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia. the native population native customs and traditions See
also indigenous.
• 4 your native language/tongue the first language that you learn: French is his native tongue.
• 5 [before noun] A native ability or characteristic is one that a person or thing has naturally and is part of their basic character: his native wit See also innate.

noun
• 1 a person who was born in a particular place, or a plant or animal that lives or grows naturally in a place and has not been brought from somewhere else:a native of
Monaco The red squirrel is a native of Britain.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.

adjective

• 1. Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: native ability.

• 2. Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot.
• 3. Being one’s own because of the place or circumstances of one’s birth: our native land.
• 4. Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous: a plant native to Asia.
• 5 a. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
• 5 b. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants: native dress; the native diet of Polynesia.
• 6. Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: native copper.
• 7. Natural; unaffected: native beauty.
• 8. Archaic Closely related, as by birth or race.

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