Nature Definition

nāchər
noun
The material world and its phenomena.
Scientists analyzing nature.
American Heritage
The essential character of a thing; quality or qualities that make something what it is; essence.
Webster's New World
Inborn character; innate disposition; inherent tendencies of a person.
Webster's New World
Any or all of the instincts, desires, appetites, drives, etc. of a person or animal.
Webster's New World
The power, force, principle, etc. that seems to regulate the physical universe.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.

Wiktionary
verb
(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Nature

Noun

Singular:
nature
Plural:
natures

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Nature

  • by nature
  • in a state of nature
  • of the nature of

Origin of Nature

  • From Middle English natur, nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātÅ«ra (“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 Ä¡ecynd), Middle English lund (“nature, disposition") (from Old Norse lund), Middle English burthe (“nature, birth, nation") (from Old English Ä¡ebyrd and Old Norse *byrðr). More at kind.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English essential properties of a thing from Old French from Latin nātūra from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nature Sentence Examples

  • This is your nature, you just don't know it yet.

  • It was in his nature, and it was something that wasn't going to change.

  • It is intermediate in its nature between land and sky.

  • Nature was at her peak, blending the wild blooms with various shades of green.

  • The tall trees were draped in a white robe that had drifted to the earth, not snarled their way downward like the wind driven Eastern storms where snow was a dirty word, not the magical hush that mother nature bestowed on the mountains of the west.

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Words Starting With

NNANAT

Words Ending With

EREURE

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