natural order
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- /ˈnæʧərəl ˈɔrdər/
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orden natural
- According to environmentalists, maintaining biodiversity is essential for preserving the natural order of ecosystems.
- the natural order of things
We know that humans are created for more than simply to be a part of the natural order, right?
- We know that humans are created for more than simply to be a part of the natural order, right?
- The Calvinist would say, who are you to interfere with the divine and natural order?
- And that there was less, less natural order and much more just things developing in, in certain ways.
Examples
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It allows me to hunt and move about without disturbing the natural order of things.
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In Europe, GM food has aroused deep-seated concern about the potential to disrupt the natural order of things -- a concern largely absent in the United States.
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Understand our place in the natural order and perhaps to better understand where we come from and why.
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Are you not afraid to challenge the natural order?
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Hey, it's the natural order of things.
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For them, the highest value is to respect the natural order of things.
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Failure and recovery is the natural order of things.
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Extinction is part of the natural order.
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It was the natural order of things.
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The natural order of life is that I'd go first and someday she'd sort through my things.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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The power in the world believed to control living things and events
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All space and everything in it that forms an ordered whole
Antonyms
How Ordered
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'natural' (by nature, not artificial) + 'order' (organization or arrangement), so it denotes the organization governed by nature or natural laws. This adjective+noun composition follows straightforward English semantics and similar formations exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase natural order comes from the idea that nature, the natural, follows a clear plan, the order, with seasons, animals and stars moving in regular ways. So it means 'the regular rules or pattern of the world'.