Collocations for "native"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "native" in context.
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native
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the [flower, animal, species] is native to [France]
- Native Americans
- am a native [Hawaiian]
- her native [language, land]
- the [region's, country's, area's] native inhabitants
- native [costumes, dress, traditions]
- native and [exotic, foreign]
- the native [operating system, resolution]
- a [London] native
- a native of [London]
- a resident of [Paris] and native of [London]
- speaks [English] like a native
- [dress, live] like the natives
- [concurred, fought, killed] the natives
- the [customs, traditions, clothing] of the natives
- the natives' [customs]
'native' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- Australia
- English
- French
- German
- Greek
- Mexican
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- animal
- appropriate
- arabic
- chief
- custom
- diet
- habitat
- inhabitant
- language
- population
- rainforest
- reservation
- shore
- soil
- speak
- speaker
- tongue
- translator
- workforce