Etymology: [ nA-ch&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English natur, nature from Old French nature from Latin natura (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (born), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Replaced native Middle English cunde, icunde "nature, property, type, genus, character" (from Old English ġecynd), Middle English lund "nature, disposition" (from Old Norse lund), Middle English burthe "nature, birth, nation" (from Old English ġebyrd and Old Norse *byrðr). More at kind.
Synonyms: attributes, being, bottom line, complexion, constitution, description, drift, essence, essentiality, features, heart, humor, individualism, individuality, like, makeup, meat, mood, name of game
The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle, To endow with natural qualities, The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended, The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe, The natural world; consisting of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production and design. e.g. the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature, universe, natural world, Constitution or quality of mind or character, Natural affection or reverence, Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality, the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others", Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life, a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature", Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience, the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy", the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc, The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe, The essential characteristics, The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth, kind, The environment, the outdoors, A wild primitive state of being, The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect, The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence, "they tried to preserve nature as they found it", The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being, a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women, If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you. Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her It's not easy at first, but it soon becomes second nature. a British weekly journal (=serious magazine) which deals with all areas of science. It is a very respected journal, and many important new discoveries are first reported in articles in Nature. human nature Nature Conservancy World Wide Fund for Nature, If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing. It was in the nature of a debate rather than an argument, a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women", the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc ; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it", A complex concept with several highly contested meanings Murray Bookchin points out that because many aboriginal peoples lives are so integrated with it, words that mean what we call 'Nature', are not easy to find, if they exist at all, in their languages, If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned. Many have already died, and in the nature of things many more will die, politeness Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet. I'm afraid I have to answer a call of nature, The nature of something is its basic quality or character. Mr Sharp would not comment on the nature of the issues being investigated. the ambitious nature of the programme The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature, Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people. grasses that grow wild in nature. the ecological balance of nature. see also Mother Nature, Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave. Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage She trusted people. That was her nature He was by nature affectionate. see also human nature, If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living. She was very anxious to get away from cities and back to nature, If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic. Peacekeeping, by its nature, makes pre-planning difficult One could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive, natural world (rivers, trees, earth, etc.); disposition; temperament; type; character, The totality of ecological systems, environmental quality factors, and natural resources available for human use or susceptible to human impacts on planet Earth Key aspects of Nature in sustainability work include ecosystem health, biodiversity, environmental quality, the emission of pollutants, the aesthetics of natural scenery, land use, resource consumption and waste production patterns, see: Existence, A nearly extinct phenomena of which archaeologists have located certain vestiges, The tell-tale word of the Enlightenment, the one that slips into every argument without challenge, and so the one with the most slippery meaning Nature is best understood according to what it is opposed to, The material world and its beauties, especially those parts remaining in a primitive, untouched state, unchanged by humans, "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women, "From our point of view mind has for its presupposition Nature, of which it is the truth, and for that reason its absolute prius " Philosophy of Mind, § 381, as it refers to a person"it is his (or her) nature"a rather old term suggesting something inborn, inherent, fixed, and thus predictable See character, personality Close Window, Wine which hasn't had any sugar added ; for a Champagne, this means that the wine will not be sparkling, "13 The material world, or its collective objects and phenomena, esp those which man is most directly in contact; freq the features and products of the earth itself, as contrasted with those of human civilisation " (COED), Biodiversity, landforms, geology, aquatic features and atmosphere together with the dynamic interactions between these components, Nature properly signifies that which is primitive and original, or, according to etymology, that which a thing is at birth, as opposed to that which is acquired or added from external sources In Scholastic Philosophy, nature, essence, and substance are closely related terms Both essence and substance imply a static point of view and refer to constituents or mode of existence, while nature implies a dynamic point of view and refers to innate tendencies Nature is that whereby it acts as it does, environment, physio-, plural of nature,
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The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle
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To endow with natural qualities
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The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended
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The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe
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The natural world; consisting of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production and design. e.g. the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature
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universe, natural world isim
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Constitution or quality of mind or character
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Natural affection or reverence
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Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality
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the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
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Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life
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a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
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Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience
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the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"
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the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc
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The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe
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The essential characteristics
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The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth
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kind
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The environment, the outdoors
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A wild primitive state of being
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The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect
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The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence
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"they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
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The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being
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a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
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If a way of behaving is second nature to you, you do it almost without thinking because it is easy for you or obvious to you. Planning ahead had always come as second nature to her It's not easy at first, but it soon becomes second nature. a British weekly journal (=serious magazine) which deals with all areas of science. It is a very respected journal, and many important new discoveries are first reported in articles in Nature. human nature Nature Conservancy World Wide Fund for Nature
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If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing. It was in the nature of a debate rather than an argument
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a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
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the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc ; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
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A complex concept with several highly contested meanings Murray Bookchin points out that because many aboriginal peoples lives are so integrated with it, words that mean what we call 'Nature', are not easy to find, if they exist at all, in their languages
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If you say that something is in the nature of things, you mean that you would expect it to happen in the circumstances mentioned. Many have already died, and in the nature of things many more will die
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politeness Some people talk about a call of nature when referring politely to the need to go to the toilet. I'm afraid I have to answer a call of nature
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The nature of something is its basic quality or character. Mr Sharp would not comment on the nature of the issues being investigated. the ambitious nature of the programme The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature
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Nature is all the animals, plants, and other things in the world that are not made by people, and all the events and processes that are not caused by people. grasses that grow wild in nature. the ecological balance of nature. see also Mother Nature
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Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave. Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage She trusted people. That was her nature He was by nature affectionate. see also human nature
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If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living. She was very anxious to get away from cities and back to nature
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If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic. Peacekeeping, by its nature, makes pre-planning difficult One could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive
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natural world (rivers, trees, earth, etc.); disposition; temperament; type; character isim
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The totality of ecological systems, environmental quality factors, and natural resources available for human use or susceptible to human impacts on planet Earth Key aspects of Nature in sustainability work include ecosystem health, biodiversity, environmental quality, the emission of pollutants, the aesthetics of natural scenery, land use, resource consumption and waste production patterns
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see: Existence
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A nearly extinct phenomena of which archaeologists have located certain vestiges
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The tell-tale word of the Enlightenment, the one that slips into every argument without challenge, and so the one with the most slippery meaning Nature is best understood according to what it is opposed to
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The material world and its beauties, especially those parts remaining in a primitive, untouched state, unchanged by humans
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"they tried to preserve nature as they found it" a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
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"From our point of view mind has for its presupposition Nature, of which it is the truth, and for that reason its absolute prius " Philosophy of Mind, § 381
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as it refers to a person"it is his (or her) nature"a rather old term suggesting something inborn, inherent, fixed, and thus predictable See character, personality Close Window
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Wine which hasn't had any sugar added ; for a Champagne, this means that the wine will not be sparkling
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"13 The material world, or its collective objects and phenomena, esp those which man is most directly in contact; freq the features and products of the earth itself, as contrasted with those of human civilisation " (COED)
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Biodiversity, landforms, geology, aquatic features and atmosphere together with the dynamic interactions between these components
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Nature properly signifies that which is primitive and original, or, according to etymology, that which a thing is at birth, as opposed to that which is acquired or added from external sources In Scholastic Philosophy, nature, essence, and substance are closely related terms Both essence and substance imply a static point of view and refer to constituents or mode of existence, while nature implies a dynamic point of view and refers to innate tendencies Nature is that whereby it acts as it does
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