Nature (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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: In nature, wild dogs hunt in packs.
  3. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers: The abandoned power plant was reclaimed by nature, covered in overgrowth and home to feral animals.
  4. natural scenery: Tourists at the resort are surrounded by nature.
  5. the universe, with all its phenomena: Conservation of energy is a universal law of nature.
  6. the sum total of the forces at work throughout the universe.
  7. reality, as distinguished from any effect of art: a portrait true to nature.
  8. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person, animal, thing, or class by birth, origin, or constitution; native or inherent character: human nature.
  9. the instincts or inherent tendencies directing conduct: a man of good nature.
  10. character, kind, or sort: two books of the same nature.
  11. characteristic disposition; temperament: a self-willed nature;an evil nature.
  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: a return to nature.
  16. a prose work (1836), by Ralph Waldo Emerson, expounding transcendentalism.
  17. the moral state as unaffected by grace.
Idioms
  1. as a result of inborn or inherent qualities; innately: She is by nature a kindhearted person.
  2. in a state of nature,
    • in an uncivilized or uncultured condition.
    • without clothes; nude; naked.
  3. having the character or qualities of: in the nature of an apology.
noun
  1. the fundamental qualities of a person or thing; identity or essential character
  2. the whole system of the existence, arrangement, forces, and events of all physical life that are not controlled by man
  3. all natural phenomena and plant and animal life, as distinct from man and his creations
  4. a wild primitive state untouched by man or civilization
  5. natural unspoilt scenery or countryside
  6. disposition or temperament
  7. tendencies, desires, or instincts governing behaviour
  8. the normal biological needs or urges of the body
  9. sort; kind; character
  10. the real appearance of a person or thing
  11. accepted standards of basic morality or behaviour
  12. the complement of genetic material that partly determines the structure of an organism; genotype
  13. sympathy and fondness for one's own people or native place
  14. unnatural or immoral
  15. essentially or innately
  16. the need to urinate or defecate
  17. using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
  18. essentially the same as; by way of
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