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| na·ture [ náychər ] (plural na·tures) |
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1. physical world: the physical world including all natural phenomena and living things
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2. forces controlling physical world: the forces and processes collectively that control the phenomena of the physical world independently of human volition or intervention, sometimes personified as a woman called "Mother Nature."
See also Mother Nature
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3. countryside: the countryside or the environment in a condition relatively unaffected by human activity or as the home of living things other than human beings
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4. type: a type or sort of thing
  a detective novel or something of that nature
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5. intrinsic qualities of something or somebody: the intrinsic or essential qualities of somebody or something
the intricate nature of this kind of work
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6. temperament: disposition or temperament in a person
It's just not part of his nature to act unkindly.
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7. real appearance or aspect: the appearance or aspect of a person, place, or thing that is considered to reflect reality
The portrait was remarkably true to nature.
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8. primitive existence: a basic state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization
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9. natural state of humankind: the natural and original condition of humankind, as distinguished from a state of grace
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10. universal human behavior: the patterns of behavior or the moral standards that are considered to be universally found and recognized among human beings
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11. genetic material affecting organism: the inherited characteristics of an organism, as opposed to what is learned from experience or the environment
nature versus nurture
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| [13th century. Via Old French< Latin natura "birth, nature" < nasci "be born"] |
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by nature as a part of somebody's or something's essential character
optimistic by nature
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in the nature of something in the category of something
Have you got anything in the nature of a computer table?
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