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Definition of native speaker in English:

native speaker

Line breaks: na¦tive speak¦er
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noun

A person who has spoken the language in question from earliest childhood: native speakers of English
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  • Grammar books are not needed for the native speaker because the native speaker has the grammar already in his or in her head.
  • That's a language with several thousand native speakers alive now who you can go and speak to any time you like.
  • Students in the programs usually include some native English speakers and native speakers of another language.
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The Corpus and the dictionary entry in Grammar & usage Varieties of present-day Spanish in Grammar & usage Using the Corpus in Grammar & usage a native speaker of English in native in English-Spanish a native speaker of Spanish, a Spanish native speaker in speaker in English-Spanish Overrefined Pronunciation, at Hypercorrection in Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
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into Italian
Word of the day vinaceous
Pronunciation: vʌɪˈneɪʃəs
adjective
of the colour of red wine
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