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noun
- A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
- She is a regular Wiki
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- Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
- Some natives must have stolen our cattle.
adjective
- belong, Belonging to one by birth.
This is my land.
English is not my language.
I need a volunteer New Yorker for my next joke"
- characteristic, Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.
What are now called " Americans" used to be called Indians.
The peoples of Australia are called aborigines.
- Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
Many artists studied abroad.
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(context, biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
The leaf of the North American sugar maple is the symbol of Canada.
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(context, computing, of software) Written specifically to run on a particular processor.
This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
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- The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.
- The study of all natural phenomena.
- A treatise or similar work that documents the known facts converning a specific organism, ecosystem etc.
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(dated) a person committed to studying nature or natural history
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(philosophy) a person who believes in the tenets of naturalism
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- The essential characteristics
Albert Camus' book Le Mythe de Sisyphe is of philosophical nature.
- A wild primitive state of being
- The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth
- The environment, the outdoors
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