Weâre grateful to our uniformed Heroes, the Police, Fire and First Responders. We appreciate them even more due to the fateful day that changed our lives forever, 9/11! Here is the 2014 celebration of the men and women who protect, serve, and save.
â¢ NATIVE (noun). The noun NATIVE has 1 sense: 1. a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous person. Familiarity information: NATIVE used as a noun is very rare.. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin. 2. belonging to one by birth. 3. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. 4. as found in nature in the elemental form. Familiarity information: NATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.
up vote 44 down vote accepted. A native speaker of English refers to someone who has learned and used English from early childhood. It does not necessarily mean that it is the speaker's only language, but it means it is and has been the primary means of concept formation and communication.It means having lived in a truly English-speaking culture during one's formative years, so that English has been absorbed effortlessly as by osmosis.hese are the parents baked a cake by their children. It's apparent that different people have different notions of what a native speaker is. To a linguist, the term generally implies that a speaker has internalised the language through natural acquisition, rather than through deliberate instruction/learning.