Nature vs. Type

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.

Naturenoun

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.

Naturenoun

Kind, sort; character; quality.

Naturenoun

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

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Natural affection or reverence.

Naturenoun

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;

Naturenoun

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;

Naturenoun

a particular type of thing;

Naturenoun

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.

Typenoun

A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.

Typenoun

An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.

Typenoun

An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.

Typenoun

A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.

Typenoun

(uncountable) Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.

Typenoun

Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.

Typenoun

(taxonomy) Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.

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Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.

Typenoun

(medicine) A blood group.

Typenoun

(theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

Typenoun

(computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.

Typenoun

(fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

Typenoun

(chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

Typenoun

(mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of "data type" in computing theory.)

Typeverb

To put text on paper using a typewriter.

Typeverb

To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.

Typeverb

To determine the blood type of.

Typeverb

To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

Typeverb

To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Typeverb

To categorize into types.

Typenoun

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

Typenoun

Form or character impressed; style; semblance.

Typenoun

A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; - correlative to antitype.

Typenoun

That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.

Typenoun

The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

Typenoun

A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.

Typenoun

A simple compound, used as a model or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.

Typeverb

To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.

Typeverb

To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.

Typenoun

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing;

Typenoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Typenoun

(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon

Typenoun

printed characters;

Typenoun

a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper;

Typenoun

all of the tokens of the same symbol;

Typeverb

write by means of a keyboard with types;

Typeverb

identify as belonging to a certain type;

Typenoun

a category of people or things having common characteristics

Typenoun

a person of a specified character or nature

Typenoun

the sort of person one likes or finds attractive

Typenoun

a person or thing exemplifying the ideal or defining characteristics of something

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an object, conception, or work of art serving as a model for subsequent artists.

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a symbol of someone or something

Typenoun

a person or event in the Old Testament taken as a foreshadowing of someone or something in the New Testament.

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an organism or taxon chosen as having the essential characteristics of its group.

Typenoun

short for type specimen

Typenoun

characters or letters that are printed or shown on a screen

Typenoun

a piece of metal with a raised letter or character on its upper surface, for use in letterpress printing.

Typenoun

metal types used in letterpress printing

Typenoun

a design on either side of a medal or coin.

Typenoun

an abstract category or class of linguistic item or unit, as distinct from actual occurrences in speech or writing.

Typeverb

write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys

Typeverb

determine the type to which (a person or their blood or tissue) belongs