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01. Europeans began to settle this country about 500 years ago, but the [native] people have been here for thousands of years.
02. I would like to be able to speak Portuguese like a [native] speaker.
03. The [native] people of the Andean mountains know how to make good use of the land and the weather.
04. The [native] people of our state made beautiful totem poles.
05. Many [native] plants of our country have been pushed out by plants introduced from other parts of the world.
06. She wanted to visit her [native] country once more before she died.
07. English is not his [native] language, although he speaks it perfectly.
08. People often put [non-native] plants in their gardens to make them more interesting, but the problem is that these plants can be very invasive, and may actually kill indigenous plants that are unable to compete.
09. Smiley Blanton once said that we attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our [native] capacities to their greatest extent.
10. [Native] peoples of South America catch piranha, and use their razor-sharp teeth to make tools and weapons.
11. Spinach is [native] to the area of Iran, and didn't spread to other parts of the world until the beginning of the Christian era.
12. At one stage in Peru's history, it was illegal to use the term "Indians" to describe the country's [native] people, as it was considered insulting.
13. Only 3% of the land in Uruguay is covered with [native] forests.
14. Our organization is planting [native] trees in order to protect the remaining forests of this region.

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  • native — [nāt′iv] adj. [ME natyf < MFr natif < L nativus < natus, born: see NATURE] 1. inborn or innate rather than acquired 2. belonging to a locality or country by birth, production, or growth; indigenous [a native Bostonian, native industry,… …   English World dictionary

  • native — adj Native, indigenous, endemic, aboriginal, autochthonous all mean belonging to or associated with a particular place by birth or origin. A person or thing is native (opposed to foreign, alien) that has had his or its birth or origin in the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • native — 1. In many of its meanings, native is uncontroversial: native speaker, native of Liverpool, native oak are typical examples of uneventful usage. The danger signals start to sound when the word is used to mean ‘an original inhabitant of a country’ …   Modern English usage

  • Native — (duo)  Cet article concerne le groupe de musique. Pour les autres significations, voir Natif. Le groupe Native est un duo français créé en 1991. Il se compose de deux sœurs, Laura Mayne (l ainée, née le 20 janvier 1968 à Villemomble) et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • native — ► NOUN 1) a person born in a specified place. 2) a local inhabitant. 3) an indigenous animal or plant. 4) dated, offensive a non white original inhabitant of a country as regarded by European colonists or travellers. ► ADJECTIVE 1) associated… …   English terms dictionary

  • native — I (domestic) adjective aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, domestic, enchorial, enchoric, endemic, endemical, home grown, indigenous, local, locally born, not alien, not foreign, original, regional, unborrowed, vernacular II… …   Law dictionary

  • native — [adj1] innate, inherent built in, congenital, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, implanted, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, inherited, instinctive, intrinsic, inveterate, inwrought,… …   New thesaurus

  • Native — Na tive, n. 1. 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; the natives are restless. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. (Stock… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • native — native. См. природный. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • native — natively, adv. nativeness, n. /nay tiv/, adj. 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… …   Universalium

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