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NONNATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonnative mean?
• NONNATIVE (adjective)
The adjective NONNATIVE has 3 senses:
1. not being or composed of aborigines
2. of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
3. of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
Familiarity information: NONNATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not being or composed of aborigines
Context example:
the nonnative population of South Africa
Antonym:
native (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
Synonyms:
foreign-born; nonnative
Context example:
our large nonnative population
Similar:
foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
Similar:
foreign; strange (relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world)
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