nature

Etymology
From, , from , from , future participle from perfect passive participle , from deponent verb + future participle suffix.

Displaced native from  (compare ); and,  from. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
 * 2) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1) * 2017 Sept. 8,, "A Requiem for Florida" in Politico Magazine:
 * As prepares to strike, it's worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.
 * 1) The particular way someone or something is, especially
 * 2) The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
 * 3) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature's nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1) * 2015 July 10, Evan Nesterak, "The End of Nature versus Nurture" in The Psych Report:
 * Unlike the static conception of nature or nurture, epigenic research demonstrates how genes and environments continuously interact to produce characteristics throughout a lifetime.
 * 1) The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
 * 2) * 1626 July 12,, Instructions:
 * For the French, it was impossible for them to serve her in that nature.
 * 1) * 1988 April, Music and Letters, Vol. 69, p. 463:
 * The extent and nature of 's influence on is now due for further reassessment.
 * : the class of a gun.
 * 1) The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially  as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or  as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
 * 2) * 1826 April 1, Lancet, p. 32:
 * Nature is unable to repair the extensive injury.
 * 1) A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
 * 2) The need to urinate and defecate.
 * 3)  Sexual desire.
 * 4) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1)  Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
 * 2)  A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and  feces.
 * 3) * c. 1938, spell cited in Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork, Vol. I, p. 534:
 * If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
 * 1)  A part of the body's physical form, especially  the female genitalia.
 * 2) * 1743 May, William Ellis, Modern Husbandman, No. xiv, p. 137:
 * ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
 * 1) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature's nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1) * 2015 July 10, Evan Nesterak, "The End of Nature versus Nurture" in The Psych Report:
 * Unlike the static conception of nature or nurture, epigenic research demonstrates how genes and environments continuously interact to produce characteristics throughout a lifetime.
 * 1) The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
 * 2) * 1626 July 12,, Instructions:
 * For the French, it was impossible for them to serve her in that nature.
 * 1) * 1988 April, Music and Letters, Vol. 69, p. 463:
 * The extent and nature of 's influence on is now due for further reassessment.
 * : the class of a gun.
 * 1) The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially  as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or  as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
 * 2) * 1826 April 1, Lancet, p. 32:
 * Nature is unable to repair the extensive injury.
 * 1) A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
 * 2) The need to urinate and defecate.
 * 3)  Sexual desire.
 * 4) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1)  Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
 * 2)  A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and  feces.
 * 3) * c. 1938, spell cited in Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork, Vol. I, p. 534:
 * If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
 * 1)  A part of the body's physical form, especially  the female genitalia.
 * 2) * 1743 May, William Ellis, Modern Husbandman, No. xiv, p. 137:
 * ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
 * 1) * 1826 April 1, Lancet, p. 32:
 * Nature is unable to repair the extensive injury.
 * 1) A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
 * 2) The need to urinate and defecate.
 * 3)  Sexual desire.
 * 4) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1)  Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
 * 2)  A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and  feces.
 * 3) * c. 1938, spell cited in Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork, Vol. I, p. 534:
 * If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
 * 1)  A part of the body's physical form, especially  the female genitalia.
 * 2) * 1743 May, William Ellis, Modern Husbandman, No. xiv, p. 137:
 * ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
 * 1) * 2006 Oct. 1,, "", , 00:34:06:
 * Freamon: She too young for you, boy... They get younger, William. Skinnier too. You don't... 's just the nature of things. Age is age, fat is fat, nature’s nature. Moreland: Pitiful. Freamon: Pitiless. Nature don't care. Nature just is.
 * 1)  Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
 * 2)  A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and  feces.
 * 3) * c. 1938, spell cited in Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork, Vol. I, p. 534:
 * If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
 * 1)  A part of the body's physical form, especially  the female genitalia.
 * 2) * 1743 May, William Ellis, Modern Husbandman, No. xiv, p. 137:
 * ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...
 * 1)  A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and  feces.
 * 2) * c. 1938, spell cited in Harry Middleton Hyatt, Hoodoo Conjuration Witchcraft Rootwork, Vol. I, p. 534:
 * If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...
 * 1)  A part of the body's physical form, especially  the female genitalia.
 * 2) * 1743 May, William Ellis, Modern Husbandman, No. xiv, p. 137:
 * ... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...

Usage notes
In its primary sense as the material world, its inhabitants, and their order, nature is frequently personified in English conversation and literature, primarily as a cold and indifferent entity or as a wise and loving nurturer (see ). In its sense as the essential characteristics of humanity, man's present nature is usually taken in Christian thought as debased by or inherent frailty but amenable to purification through ; English consideration of  frequently continues to maintain a similar focus on resigned acceptance of its failings and distinctions between better/higher and worse/lower natures.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:essence

Related terms

 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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 * nature morte
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Translations

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Verb

 * 1)  To endow with natural qualities.

Adverb

 * 1) naturally

Etymology
,, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  lexical category
 * 1)  lexical category

Adjective



 * 1) plain, unseasoned
 * 2) condomless, bareback, raw dog, natural  (see Thesaurus:condomless)
 * 1) condomless, bareback, raw dog, natural  (see Thesaurus:condomless)
 * 1) condomless, bareback, raw dog, natural  (see Thesaurus:condomless)

Adjective

 * 1) natural

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * , force of nature
 * 1) laws of nature, natural order
 * , innate characteristics
 * 1) kind, sort
 * 2) origin
 * 3) sexual fertility, sex drive

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) the, existence, creation
 * , the natural world
 * 1) natural abilities
 * 2) natural inevitability,
 * 3) natural morals, natural law
 * 4) natural needs or requirements
 * , state, condition
 * 1) species, kind, type
 * 2) Nature
 * 3) bodily fluids

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Etymology
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