Definitions for Nature

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Nature na·ture

Spelling: [ney-cher]

IPA: /ˈneɪ tʃər/

Nature is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in Nature (aenrtu).

Definitions for Nature

noun

1. the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
2. the natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization:
3. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers:
4. natural scenery:
5. the universe, with all its phenomena:
6. the sum total of the forces at work throughout the universe.
7. reality, as distinguished from any effect of art:
8. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution; native or inherent character:
9. the instincts or inherent tendencies directing conduct:
10. character, kind, or sort:
11. characteristic disposition; temperament:
12. the original, natural, uncivilized condition of humankind.
13. the biological functions or the urges to satisfy their requirements.
14. a primitive, wild condition; an uncultivated state.
15. a simple, uncluttered mode of life without the conveniences or distractions of civilization:
16. (initial capital letter, italics) a prose work (1836), by Ralph Waldo Emerson, expounding transcendentalism.
17. Theology. the moral state as unaffected by grace.

Idioms

1. by nature, as a result of inborn or inherent qualities; innately:
2. in a state of nature, in an uncivilized or uncultured condition. without clothes; nude; naked.
3. of / in the nature of, having the character or qualities of:

Origin of Nature

1200-50; Middle English natur(e) Old French Latin nātūra conditions of birth, quality, character, natural order, world, equivalent to nāt(us) (past participle of nāscī to be born) + -ūra

Examples for Nature

Kate's nature was limited; part of her graceful equipoise was narrowness.

I refer, of course, to man's mastery over the latent forces of nature.

Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.

The “nature of the crime” was too serious to release him, they said.

“Heavy water”, or D2O, is even less common in nature, though nuclear engineers make and use it in some reactors.

The second deals with the nature of the love affair that is central to the script.

That explanation is believable…but increasingly less so when you hear Jay talk about the nature of his relationship with Adnan.

"Flattery to ourselves does not change the nature of what is wrong," answered Philothea.

Absolute directness was a part of her nature; she could die, but not manouvre.

He was disposed to think more favourably of the nature of the country.