{
    "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."
}