nature
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- noun
- /ˈneɪtʃər/
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naturaleza
- When hiking, I love to explore the diverse landscapes and wildlife that nature offers.
- a nature reserve
- conservation of nature
- protection of nature
I like to talk about nature walks, hikes.
- I like to talk about nature walks, hikes.
- It's just peace and quiet yourself, nature, the sounds of water.
- Since we have that much power, we can destroy nature itself, right?
- Only the rural areas is what our romantic vision of nature suggests.
- We anthropomorphize nature and thereby get it wrong.
- This is why there could be violence against nature, against each other.
- For a long time, what is outside was nature and it was dangerous.
- You know, it's like then like bugs and nature was scary.
- So you're camping in nature with just water.
- Teeth and horns and claws, nature red and tooth and claw.
- They love music, nature, art, and physical beauty.
- corners and Quays to witness nature's once in a lifetime spectacle.
- Now that's it. You must keep nature whole our life.
Examples
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But when you go out to nature, it grounds you.
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One can have such an epiphany in nature without being a collector of natural things.
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Since we have that much power, we can destroy nature itself, right?
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Is this something you would find in nature sometimes?
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This is not nature as it was intended to be.
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You claim you know everything about nature, all about life.
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To be at one with nature.
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The conflict between humans and nature is a common theme of literature.
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We didn't have much growing up, you know, so nature was my playground.
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It connects us with people, with nature, with culture.
Idioms
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Basic, often unpleasant features of a situation or person that are hard to change
Compounds
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Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind
- Neologism
A quality that lets someone adapt well to different roles and situations
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Nature comes from the Latin natura, meaning 'birth', and is related to the common word native. It grew to mean the physical world of plants, animals and landscapes — the living things and places that exist without people — which we now call 'nature'.