natural process
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3.2
- noun
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proceso natural
- Photosynthesis is a natural process that allows plants to convert sunlight into energy.
- human alteration of natural processes
- truncating natural processes
- natural processes contribute to species
First, always remember that grief is a natural process of letting go.
- First, always remember that grief is a natural process of letting go.
- But grief is a natural process, one of those things that unites all human beings.
- The very fact of breathing is a natural process.
- When a person dies, there is indeed a natural process.
- This is just going to be a natural process of replacement and displacement.
- So in your life, if someone dies, God forbid, do you suffer, you grieve, which is a natural process and it has a life cycle.
- OK, so this is a natural process that happens in your body that is simply getting corrupted by cancer cells.
- I think the reason that I don't fear death is that I feel it as a natural process.
- You cannot stop the natural process, all its chemical reaction, fermentation, change of colour, everything is in constant state of change.
- Again, that's why you need to talk to your doctor, but it's a natural process.
- We keep inventing things that take us further and further away from this variable natural process.
- This is a natural process and I, I think This is why it's so powerful.
Examples
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Traditional methods of cultivating shrimp took advantage of coastal areas' natural processes.
Academic text (1996) -
First, always remember that grief is a natural process of letting go.
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The environment in general benefits as biodiversity increases and natural processes begin to function again.
Blog text (8) -
On a smaller scale, individual residential wastewater can be treated on site with plants and natural processes.
Academic text (1998) -
So in your life, if someone dies, God forbid, do you suffer, you grieve, which is a natural process and it has a life cycle.
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Tropical ecology has traditionally been concerned with understanding the natural processes that allow species to coexist in undisturbed natural communities.
Academic text (1992) -
The natural process of erosion shapes the landscape over time.
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Decomposition is a natural process that recycles nutrients back into the soil.
Synonyms
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3.7
An event in nature not caused by people
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4.0
A change or movement in matter and energy that happens in nature and in experiments, like melting
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'natural' (produced by nature) modifies 'process' (a sequence of steps), yielding a process that occurs in nature. This is a common and transparent noun phrase cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun natural process gives a clear picture: natural means from nature and process means a series of changes. Think of wind, water, or plants slowly changing a place with no people involved, so natural process means 'a change that happens without human action'.