Nature vs. Natural

Naturenoun

(uncountable) The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. E.G. the ecosystem, the natural environment, virgin ground, unmodified species, laws of nature.

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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.

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The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.

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Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

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Kind, sort; character; quality.

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(obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

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(obsolete) Natural affection or reverence.

Natureverb

(obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

Naturenoun

The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its mental and social phenomena.

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The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; - often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature; the forces of nature.

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The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.

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Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

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The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.

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Kind, sort; character; quality.

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Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.

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Natural affection or reverence.

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Constitution or quality of mind or character.

Natureverb

To endow with natural qualities.

Naturenoun

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized;

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a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe;

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the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.;

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the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions;

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a particular type of thing;

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the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations

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the physical force regarded as causing and regulating the phenomena of the world

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the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something

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the innate or essential qualities or character of a person or animal

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inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality.

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a person of a specified character

Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, material world or universe. can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general.

Naturaladjective

That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.

Naturaladjective

Of or relating to nature.

Naturaladjective

Without artificial additives.

Naturaladjective

As expected; reasonable.

Naturaladjective

(music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

Naturaladjective

(music) Produced by natural organs, such as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.

Naturaladjective

(music) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.

Naturaladjective

(math) Having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number.

Naturaladjective

Without, or prior to, modification or adjustment.

Naturaladjective

(dice) The result of a dice roll before bonuses or penalties are added to or subtracted from the result.

Naturaladjective

Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.

Naturaladjective

(obsolete) Connected by the ties of consanguinity.

Naturaladjective

(obsolete) Born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard.

Naturaladjective

(of sexual intercourse) Without a condom.

Naturaladjective

(bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.

Naturalnoun

A native inhabitant of a place, country etc.

Naturalnoun

(music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental, or the symbol ♮ used to indicate such a note.

Naturalnoun

One with an innate talent at or for something.

Naturalnoun

An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.

Naturalnoun

(archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.

Naturalnoun

One's natural life.

Naturalnoun

A hairstyle for people with afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.

Naturalnoun

(algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.

Naturaladjective

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; innate; not artificial, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color.

Naturaladjective

Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death; anger is a natural response to insult.

Naturaladjective

Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology.

Naturaladjective

Conformed to truth or reality

Naturaladjective

Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.

Naturaladjective

Connected by the ties of consanguinity.

Naturaladjective

Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.

Naturaladjective

Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.

Naturaladjective

Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; - said of certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.

Naturaladjective

Produced by natural organs, as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.

Naturaladjective

Existing in nature or created by the forces of nature, in contrast to production by man; not made, manufactured, or processed by humans; as, a natural ruby; a natural bridge; natural fibers; a deposit of natural calcium sulfate. Opposed to artificial, man-made, manufactured, processed and synthetic.

Naturaladjective

Not processed or refined; in the same statre as that existing in nature; as, natural wood; natural foods.

Naturalnoun

A native; an aboriginal.

Naturalnoun

Natural gifts, impulses, etc.

Naturalnoun

One born without the usual powers of reason or understanding; an idiot.

Naturalnoun

A character [

Naturalnoun

A person who has an innate talent that makes success in some specific endeavor, such as sports, much easier than for others; as, Pele was a natural in soccer.

Naturalnoun

someone regarded as certain to succeed;

Naturalnoun

a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

Naturalnoun

(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

Naturaladjective

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature;

Naturaladjective

existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation;

Naturaladjective

existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical;

Naturaladjective

functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies;

Naturaladjective

of a key containing no sharps or flats;

Naturaladjective

unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct;

Naturaladjective

(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition;

Naturaladjective

related by blood; not adopted;

Naturaladjective

being talented through inherited qualities;

Naturaladjective

unaffected and natural looking;