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    na·ture
    [ˈnāCHər]
    noun
    nature (noun) · natures (plural noun)
    1. the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations:
      "the breathtaking beauty of nature"
      • the physical force regarded as causing and regulating these phenomena. See also Mother Nature.
        "it is impossible to change the laws of nature"
    2. the basic or inherent features of something, especially when seen as characteristic of it:
      "helping them to realize the nature of their problems" · "there are a lot of other documents of that nature"
      • the innate or essential qualities or character of a person or animal. See also human nature.
        "it's not in her nature to listen to advice" · "I'm not violent by nature"
      • inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. Often contrasted with nurture
      • archaic
        a person of a specified character:
        "Emerson was so much more luminous a nature"
    Origin
    Middle English (denoting the physical power of a person): from Old French, from Latin natura ‘birth, nature, quality’, from nat- ‘born’, from the verb nasci.
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    noun
    1. the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations:
      • the basic or inherent features of something, especially when seen as characteristic of it:
        inherent/basic/essential characteristics
        inherent/basic/essential qualities
        inherent/basic/essential attributes
        inherent/basic/essential features
        sum and substance
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