Nature (IPA: /ˈneɪtʃɝ/)
| Nature (n.) |
The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. |
| Nature (n.) |
The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence. |
| Nature (n.) |
The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect. |
| Nature (n.) |
Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience. |
| Nature (n.) |
The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. |
| Nature (n.) |
Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. |
| Nature (n.) |
Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. |
| Nature (n.) |
Natural affection or reverence. |
| Nature (n.) |
Constitution or quality of mind or character. |
| Nature (v. t.) |
To endow with natural qualities. |
| Nature |
Phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general |
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Philosophical concept |
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Scientific journal |
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Essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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American rapper |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " " not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest." - John Dryden |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " " that is the nature of politics: poly, meaning more than one, and ticks, meaning blood-sucking parasites." - Politics |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ".. .and she has a nature so malign and evil that she never sates her greedy will, and after food is hungrier than before." - Inferno (Dante) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [If] there is mercy in nature, it is accidental. Nature is neither kind nor cruel but indifferent." - Richard Dawkins |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "50 FT. HIGH MAN-THING in a land of NATURE GONE MAD!" - The Cyclops (film) |
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