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nature

nature

585 1.0
The basic qualities that show what something is
  • noun
  • /ˈneɪtʃər/
translation icon : naturaleza
  • Understanding the nature of the problem is crucial for finding a solution.
  • understand the nature of
  • determine the nature of
  • the exact nature

I think that's just the nature of achievers.

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Examples

  • Replication of this study is needed to more fully understand the nature of depression in this community.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But does that really reflect the nature of reality?

  • That is part of the nature of communication.

  • Such is the nature of life as well.

  • This is just the nature of how one makes progress.

  • What is the nature of their conversation?

  • Perhaps it's in the nature of television.

  • The physical education teacher does not understand the nature of a student's disability.

    Academic text (2011)
  • However, there were substantial differences in the nature of the categories produced by the two groups.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Some fundamental insights on the nature of these producers have been provided by Gordon Winston.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

quality
vsnature
618 1.8

A trait that makes someone or something special

is the essential set of traits that give identity
property
vsnature
379 3.3

A quality of something, for example how it looks or works

is the essential traits that define and identify something
characteristic
vsnature
159 3.4

A feature that makes something different from others

is the core traits used to recognize and define a thing

Idioms

54 4.1

Someone or something naturally acts that way because of their basic character

second nature
  • Informal
15 3.5

A habit or skill that feels automatic after a lot of practice

Basic, often unpleasant features of a situation or person that are hard to change

nature calls
  • Informal
8.8

A polite, funny way to say you need to go to the toilet

8.2

To need to go to the toilet

Compounds

109 3.0

The usual ways people think, feel, and behave

law of nature
  • Specialized
21 3.9

A basic rule scientists find about how the world works

A person or thing with great, unstoppable power like a storm

state of nature
  • Specialized
3 8.1

A natural wild condition before people build towns or make rules

2 5.8

A need to go to the toilet to pee or poo

2 2.5

A friendly, helpful attitude that makes a person help others

A kinder, more honest part of a person that makes them treat others well

1 3.1

A school activity where children look at plants and animals in nature

1 5.0

Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind

Religious belief that people pray to natural things like rivers and the sun

Many strict rules and levels in an organization that slow decisions

debt of nature
  • Archaic
9.9

A certain fact that every living person must die

9.9

A quality that lets someone adapt well to different roles and situations

barbigerous nature
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many stiff hairs

A habit of often changing one's mind or feelings without warning

Made in the same predictable way, like many films and songs

fretty nature
  • Archaic
9.9

A tendency to feel nervous and worry about small things

malignant nature
  • Specialized
9.7

A very harmful and cruel way of being that hurts other people

9.3

A person who talks a lot in a loud or rude way

A habit of being angry and unpleasant to others

nature faker
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who pretends to love nature to look good to others

8.9

A strong greedy wish to take more than is fair

The qualities related to planets or to ideas about planets

A shady quality that shelters from the sun because of trees or plants

How Essential

essence
441 4.8
core
468 3.2
nature
585 1.0
characteristic
159 3.4
trait
226 3.5
attribute
127 3.8

Surface Forms

nature singular
natures plural

Etymology

Nature comes from the Latin word natura, meaning 'birth' or 'being born'. That idea of what is 'born' became the idea of a thing's usual qualities, so the 'nature' of something is its basic character or what it really is.