native-born

[ney-tiv-bawrn]

adjective

1. born in the place or country indicated.

   a native-born Australian.

native-born

adjective

1. born in the country or area indicated

Word History and Origins

Origin of native-born¹

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

In total, Diamond’s study found that immigrants account for 32% of aggregate innovation, about half of which comes from improving the human capital of their native-born collaborators.

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In addition to declining birth rates among the native-born U.S. population, the impact of changing immigration policy is also complicating Social Security’s future, experts said.

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Nearly a dozen of my cousins left their native-born countries to come to the U.S. and eventually naturalize.

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They shared the prize with native-born American John Martinis for “quantum mechanical tunnelling.”

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The new paper suggested that the native-born population can’t readily provide the talent that firms seek.

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