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{
"term": "native",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the place where you were born and lived for the first years of your life",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "your native land/country/city"
},
{
"text": "Her **native language** is Korean."
},
{
"text": "It is a long time since he has visited his native Chile."
},
{
"text": "His work is barely known in his native country of Sweden."
},
{
"text": "I returned to my native city last year to find it little changed since my childhood."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with the place where you have always lived or have lived for a long time",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "native Berliners"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "connected with the people who originally lived in a country before other people came there",
"labels": "(sometimes offensive)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The native peoples depend on the forest for their livelihoods."
},
{
"text": "The island's native population began disappearing due to exposure to diseases."
},
{
"text": "The festival is a celebration of native art and culture."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "existing naturally in a place",
"sensetop": "native to…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the native plants of America"
},
{
"text": "native species"
},
{
"text": "The tiger is native to India.",
"contextForm": "native to…"
},
{
"text": "Some animals are in danger because their native habitat is being destroyed."
},
{
"text": "Starlings do serious damage to native bird populations."
},
{
"text": "Introduced species are often a threat to native plants."
},
{
"text": "There are about 17 hedgehog species native to Europe, Asia and Africa."
}
],
"synonyms": "indigenous (2)"
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "that you have naturally without having to learn it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "native cunning"
},
{
"text": "He had to rely on his native wit."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "found in a pure state",
"examples": [
{
"text": "native gold/silver/copper"
},
{
"text": "Native copper was probably the first metal to be made into tools and weapons."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "designed for or built into a particular system, especially using the language or computer code associated with a particular computer or processor",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Native apps** still generally perform better than web apps, but the gap is shrinking."
},
{
"text": "Early programmers worked in native computer code or machine language."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to live and behave like the local people",
"labels": "(often humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You will be able to meet local people, eat local food and ‘go native’."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈneɪtɪv/",
"audio": "na/native/native__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈneɪtɪv/",
"audio": "na/native/native__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin nativus, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci."
}