NATIVE

Native

Native is the third studio album by American band OneRepublic. It was released on March 22, 2013 in Germany and Ireland, March 25 worldwide except North America, and March 26 in North America.

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native

Noun

  1. A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
    She is a regular Wiki* native.
  2. A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.
  3. Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
    Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

Adjective

  1. Belonging to one by birth.
    This is my native land.
    English is not my native language.
    I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…
  2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
    What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.
    The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.
  3. Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.
  4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
    a native inhabitant
    native oysters or strawberries
    Many native artists studied abroad.
  5. Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
    The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
  6. Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
    This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
    The native integer size is sixteen bits.
  7. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
  8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
  9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
    native dust
  10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).


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