nature
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- noun
- /ˈneɪtʃər/
- Literature
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naturaleza
- The fundamental rule of nature is cooperation.
- laws of nature
- force of nature
- balance of nature
You say, yeah, yeah, that's just nature, that's not God.
- You say, yeah, yeah, that's just nature, that's not God.
- Let's do this, Mother Nature, please come through.
- But I won't see nature take its natural course.
- The fundamental rule of nature is cooperation.
- It seems that nature doesn't need trial and error.
- I mean, I Mother Nature blessed me that day.
- Thank you very much and enjoy the singular force of nature that is Robin Arzon.
- If we convict Trump, we must convict Nature herself.
- The danger of thinking that nature is good is that it restrains us.
- Technology is the devil and nature is God.
- And because they're here, nature's done all the work for us.
- Well, this is where nature teaches us all sorts of things.
- But you can't not, not, not trust nature, right?
- And he just said it's all lies back to nature, the only truth.
- Mother Nature ain't Mother Nature is Slytherin.
Examples
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The force of nature can be both beautiful and destructive during a storm.
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Nature will soon grant him his wish.
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Change is the nature of the world, the nature of time.
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But first you have to understand the very nature of progress.
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Once, against all laws of nature, snow had fallen in the Bay Area.
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The force of nature will conquer all.
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One can never foretell the nature of a gift that will make one happy.
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What is the nature of your friendship with Ms. Holly Pulchik?
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Comparisons relate to the development of insights about the nature of language and culture.
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A major disease rampant nearby underscores the potentially fleeting nature of the opportunity to implement proactive conservation actions.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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A person or thing with great, unstoppable power like a storm
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The regular way the physical world follows rules not made by people
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
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nature comes from the Latin natura, which meant 'birth' and 'the way things happen'. People used it to talk about the world's own course or power, so 'nature' can mean the force or spirit that seems to control how things grow and change.