Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A feature that already exists in the environment in which an application is run.
My plug-in allows the media player to use the existing native support to play videos.
(uncountable)A feature that works out of the box, without the need to install extensions, rely on external modules, or program extensive specific code.
My web-browser has native support for displaying SVG images.
Examples
1 sentencesTom and Mary planted native species to support local biodiversity.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.