nature
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/ˈnæɪ̯tʃə/
English
Definitions
noun
- The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. (Compare ecosystem.)“Nature never lies (i.e. tells untruths).”
- 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.
- Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
verb
- To endow with natural qualities.
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quintessencewhatnessworldexistencestate of naturemacrocosmcreationwilduniversecosmosnatural statenatural phenomenonpersonalityessenceethosnaturalsuchsubstance