Nature

Definition: Nature

Nature

Noun

1. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy".

2. A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women".

3. The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it".

4. The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions: "it is his nature to help others".

5. A particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nature" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Nature \Na"ture\, noun. [French, from Latin natura, from natus born, produced, past participle of nasci to be born. See Nation.]. (references)

Computing

19th Century Satire

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

NATURE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Nature

Affections

Noun: affections, affect; character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone; temper, temperament; diathesis, idiosyncrasy; cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul; predilection, turn, natural turn of mind; bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency; vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle; sympathy; (love).

Artlessness

Noun: artlessness; adj; nature, simplicity; innocence; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty; plain speaking; epanchement.

Conformity

Rule, nature, principle; law; order of things; normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition; standing dish, standing order; Procrustean law; law of the Medes and Persians; hard and fast rule.

Intrinsicality

Principle, nature,principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis.

Tendency

Noun: tendency; aptness, proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus, nisus; liability; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift; (direction); conduciveness, conducement; applicability; (utility); subservience; (instrumentality).

Truth

Noun: fact, reality; (existence); plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature; (principle); truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy; a; authenticity; veracity; correctness,Noun: fact, reality; (existence); plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature; (principle); truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy; a; authenticity; veracity; correctness, correctitude.

World

Noun: world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide world; cosmos; kosmos; terraqueous globe, sphere; macrocosm, megacosm; music of the spheres.

Crosswords: Nature

Esperanto (naturally), French (character, kind, nature, self, temperament).

Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above (The African Queen; writing credit: C.S. Forester; James Agee)

It raises all sorts of philosophical questions about the nature of self, about the existence of the soul (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Given the nature of our indigenous population, I would suggest clothes (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

It's in your nature to destroy yourselves (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; writing credit: James Cameron and William Wisher Jr.)

Why, why, tell 'em that is human nature (Human Nature; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Steve Porcaro & John Bettis)

All of nature wild and free (La Isla Bonita; performing artist: Madonna)

And let Mother Nature do the rest (Paradise By The Dashboard Light; performing artist: Meat Loaf)

Let's give it up for Naughty by Nature! (Hip-Hop Hooray; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Such a nature will we meet, (Strength Of A Woman; performing artist: Shaggy)

Experience is the comb that Nature gives us when we are bald. (references; author: Belgian Proverb)

Let nature take its course, and hope it passes. (references; author: unknown)

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. (references; author: unknown)

The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. (references; author: unknown)

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gives her before Father Time takes it away. (references; author: unknown)

Grandeur nature (1973)

La Vraie nature de Bernadette (1972)

D'après nature Alechinsky (1970)

Close to Nature (1967)

The Prince and the Nature Girl (1965)

Human Nature (performing artist: Michael Jackson)

Right Here (Human Nature) (performing artist: SWV)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Emerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola: Nature, Accident or Intentional? (reference)

• The Mirage and the Mirror: Thoughts on the Nature of Anomalies in Consciousness (reference)

• The Human Nature of Learning: Selections from the Work of M.L.J. Abercrombie (reference)

• Current theories about the nature of abnormally high reservoir pressures (reference)

• Wilderness and Political Ecology: Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Groupe Regional D Animation Et D Initiation A La Nature Et A L Environnement Membership (reference)

• Bay Nature (reference)

• Nature Biotechnology (reference)

• La Gazette Officielle De La Chasse Et De La Nature (reference)

• Combat Nature (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature - Last Oasis (reference)

• Mother Nature Tales of Discovery: Orca Whales & Mermaid Tales (reference)

• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (reference)

• Steely Dan - Two Against Nature - DTS 5.1 (reference)

• Large Format - Antarctica: An Adventure Of A Different Nature (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Loud Like Nature (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Canon 8x25 IS Nature Binoculars Kit (reference)

• Tasco 8x25 Nature Watch Kit with Close Focus Porro Binocular (reference)

• Timex T234S Nature Sounds Alarm Clock Radio (Silver) (reference)

• Timex T300B Digital Tuning Clock Radio with Nature Sounds (reference)

• Timex T600B CD Stereo Clock Radio with Nature Sounds (Black) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Second Nature Travel System - OshKosh Classics II (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

White woman patient is being operated on. Her nipple is being incised by the surgeon. The surgeon and an operating room attendant are visible (there may actually be two surgeons). A surgical biopsy is being performed to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Gonorrhea is among the differential diagnostic possibilities due to the “nonspecific” nature of the urethritis, the presence of paired bacteria, or diplococci, and the abundance of monocytes. Credit: CDC.

The ulcerations are for the most part painless, and granulomatous in nature, i.e. chronic inflammation. The C. granulomatis bacterium is a bipolar, Gram negative organism, previously name Donovania granulomatis. Credit: CDC.

The "face" on Mars. Taken from image 035A72. The image wasclipped, inverted (to produce the usual orientation which has been published),magnified by a factor of three, and contrast enhanced again, all usingColor It!™. (Note: Much of the "blocky" nature of the image is causedby the lossy compression scheme used in JPEG files.). Credit: NASA.

Taking in the glories of nature Picnic and swim at a Palawan waterfall. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A nature trail near Thurston Lava Tube. Credit: America's Coastlines.

An elementary school outing at Flag Pond Marsh, a wetlands nature park. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Figure 67. Pelometer for the rapid sorting of sediments in water. Professor Julien Thoulet used this device on board research ships to rapidly determine the nature of seafloor sediments. It would allow quick classification into a single category such as mud, sandy silt, or muddy sand for entry into a station log. Thoulet used the pelometer described by Bouquet de la Gyre. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

District Conservationist Carman Westerfield and Leesa Woodall, Executive Director for Lamar County Exposition Authority tour the Barnsville Recreation Center. The trail and center serve as an outdoor classroom and has a nature trail through natural and c. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To which in the state of nature there are many things wanting. (Second Treatise of Government)

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. (reference)

Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence. (reference)

If the former part of the alternative be true, then a legislative act contrary to the constitution is not law: if the latter part be true, then written constitutions are absurd attempts, on the part of the people, to limit a power in its own nature illimitable. (reference)

The selfish misconception that induces you to transform into eternal laws of nature and of reason, the social forms springing from your present mode of production and form of property-historical relations that rise and disappear in the progress of production -- this misconception you share with every ruling class that has preceded you. (reference)

The decision of the local courts in any dispute as to the nature of such property shall be final. (reference)

An additional reason for the inconclusive nature of the Amendment's history, with respect to segregated schools, is the status of public education at that time. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The nature and the simplicity of gentlemen and ladies, with their servants and furniture, I think is best observed by meals within doors

I know her sweet nature, thoroughly, by this time

To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale

Again, another incident of the same nature.

Proportion his song to his nature, and you shall see

His sensitive nature was still smarting under the lashes of an undivined and squalid way of life

As long as heaven and nature lengthens it.

The great owners, nervous, sensing a change, knowing nothing of the nature of the change

The word Houyhnhnm, in their tongue, signifies a horse, and in its etymology, the perfection of nature.

Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Many outbreaks are local in nature. (references)

Most relay messages of a sensory nature. (references)

Even worse, nature had begun to intervene. (references)

Business

Most Danish defense acquisitions are, however, unilateral in nature. (references)

Most collective negotiations, however, appear to be pro-forma in nature. (references)

They are hi-tech in nature, very efficient, and have a wide variety of applications. (references)

Children

India

AIIMS initially informed the student that he could not sit for exams; however, after the case was filed under the Disability Act, he was allowed to do so. AIIMS also formulated a system to deal with any future cases of a similar nature. (references)

Mongolia

Persons with Disabilities The 1999 Labor Law prohibits discrimination against disabled persons in employment and education, and requires the Government to provide benefits according to the nature and severity of the disability, which it does. (references)

Ghana

Trokosi shrines all follow these general practices; however, specific practices, such as the length of indoctrination, the exact nature of the ritual instruction, and the requirements for the release rites, vary from shrine to shrine and district to district. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burundi

Observers believe that the attack was criminal, not political in nature. (references)

Jordan

Groups that have practices that violate the law and the nature of society--such as Satan worship--are prohibited. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The Government bans all books, magazines, and other materials that it considers sexual or pornographic in nature. (references)

Economic History

Netherlands

Historically, the Dutch are traders by nature. (references)

Venezuela

Special offers are frequent, but are specifically seasonal in nature. (references)

Japan

Difficulties with Japanese distribution are partly socio-cultural in nature. (references)

Human Rights

Liberia

However, for the most part, these cases tended to be nonpolitical in nature. (references)

Barbados

Other foreign publications of a nonprurient nature are allowed without restriction. (references)

Hungary

Judicial proceedings generally are investigative rather than adversarial in nature. (references)

Indigenous People

Brazil

The Minister of Defense denied the allegations, stating that any sexual relations that took place were consensual in nature, and usually involved soldiers of indigenous origin. (references)

Suriname

During an annual meeting in September, the Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs in Suriname discussed socio-economic problems, land rights, nature reserves, and biodiversity. (references)

Venezuela

The groups had charged that only the legislature may alter the nature of the reserve; that the public review process prior to the change was inadequate; and that expanded mining activities would affect adversely the health of the Warao, Arawako, Karina, Akawaio, and Pemon indigenous communities that inhabit the Imataca watershed area. (references)

Minorities

Rwanda

The 1994 mass killings and migrations probably affected the ethnic composition of the population, but the extent and nature of the changes were unknown. (references)

Netherlands

The traditionally homogeneous nature of society has changed in recent decades due to the influx of immigrants and asylum seekers who make up approximately 9 percent of the population. (references)

Netherlands

In May the penalty for structural forms of discrimination (defined as repeated or systematic expressions of a discriminatory nature) was increased to a maximum imprisonment of 2 years, and a maximum fine of $10,100 (25,000 guilders). (references)

Political Economy

Sweden

Green Party - Has a basic vision of a society in ecological balance with nature. (references)

Israel

The precarious nature of coalition politics makes the government vulnerable to challenge. (references)

DENMARK

However, specific exemptions are temporary in nature (e.g., "allowed until further notice"). (references)

Political Rights

Austria

This coalition received widespread criticism due to the nature of the FPO, which has been characterized by many observers as a "right wing populist party with radical elements." The percentage of women in government or politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population. (references)

Trade

Cyprus

Various other documents according to the nature of each import will be required. (references)

Argentina

This is because of the competitve nature of the banking system in the United States. (references)

Travel

Korea

An important point to keep in mind concerns the nature of reaching an agreement with a Korean firm. (references)

Nepal

Traditional and conservative by nature, the Nepalese are congenial people who take pride in their national heritage. (references)

Saudi Arabia

An employee's nationality and level of experience, as well as the nature and location of the business, create variations in pay. (references)

Women

Swaziland

The dualistic nature of the legal system complicates the issue of women's rights. (references)

Kuwait

Educated women maintain that the conservative nature of society limits career opportunities. (references)

Kuwait

In September the Court of Cassation affirmed the 15-year sentence of a man convicted of a crime of this nature. (references)

Worker Rights

Rwanda

There is no single minimum wage; minimum wages vary according to the nature of the job. (references)

Tanzania

The minimum age for work of a contractual nature in approved occupations is set at 15 years. (references)

Thailand

Traffickers promise victims lucrative legitimate employment, or make false promises regarding wages, working conditions, or the nature of the work. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "nature": a passionate nature ♦ a remark of that nature ♦ accidental nature ♦ acquisitive nature ♦ active nature ♦ after his nature ♦ against nature ♦ all nature wakes ♦ animal nature ♦ balance of nature ♦ by nature ♦ call of nature ♦ chance nature ♦ child of nature ♦ compunctious visitings of nature ♦ conform to the laws of nature ♦ conforming to the laws of nature ♦ dame nature ♦ Debt of nature ♦ deciduous nature ♦ declaration of generally binding nature of a collective agreement ♦ different nature ♦ dramatic nature ♦ draw from nature ♦ easygoing nature ♦ economy of nature ♦ essential nature ♦ evil nature ♦ freak of nature ♦ good nature ♦ great forces of nature ♦ has the X nature ♦ hold the mirror up to nature ♦ human nature ♦ ill nature ♦ implanted by nature ♦ in a state of nature ♦ in the state of nature ♦ inmost nature ♦ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ♦ it is in the order of nature ♦ law of nature ♦ lover of nature ♦ loving nature ♦ mother nature ♦ nature conservancy ♦ nature conservation ♦ nature cure ♦ nature lover ♦ nature poet ♦ nature printing ♦ Nature printng ♦ nature reserve ♦ nature resource ♦ nature study ♦ nature trail ♦ nature worship ♦ nonpolitical nature ♦ pay one's debt to nature ♦ pay the debt of nature ♦ pictorial nature ♦ provisional nature ♦ redevance en nature ♦ relieve nature ♦ second nature ♦ security of a participating nature ♦ sensorial nature ♦ sketch from nature ♦ something in the nature of ♦ state of nature ♦ subject to the laws of nature ♦ the forces of nature ♦ the intimate nature of ♦ the nature of a case ♦ the world of nature ♦ To pay the debt of nature ♦ truth to nature ♦ work of seasonal nature. Additional references.

Beginning with "nature": nature-based, nature-coloured, nature-conservation, nature-culture, nature-given, nature-goddess, nature-hating, Nature-hong, nature-identical, nature-lover, nature-lovers, nature-loving, nature-made, Nature-malaysia, nature-nurture, nature-printed, nature-printing, nature-spirit, nature-spirits, nature-study, nature-trail, Nature-uk, nature-versus-culture, nature-writer, Nature-xxxx.

Ending with "nature": debt-for-nature, two-nature.

Afrikaans

natuur (character), karakter (character, personality), aard (character, personality). (various references)

Albanian

natyrë (character, complexion, disposition, habit, kind, make, make up, Mold, mould, sort, stock, temper, type). (various references)

Arabic 

كِيان (essence), ‏مزاج (cast of mind, complexion, constitution, disposition, feather, figure, frame, frame of mind, framing, grain, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, mind, mood, spirits, state of mind, temper, temperament, tone, vein), ‏سجية (genius), ‏طبيعة (complexion, ease, kind, quality), ‏طبع (etching, grain, habit, impression, inscribe, instill, instillation, lithograph, mood, normalize, print, printing, publishing, redaction, run, stamp, temper, temperament), ‏ضرب أو نوع (shape), ‏صفات الشيء, ‏صبغة (coloring, colouring, stain, tincture), ‏جوهر الشىء (elixir, inwardness, juice, kernel), ‏البنية الطبيعية, ‏شميلة (merit, trait). (various references)

Asturian

natura. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нрав (character, constitution, disposition, kidney, make, make up, metal, mettle, temper, temperament), примитивно състояние, природа (composition, country, fiber, fibre, grain, kind, make up, scenery, temper), природосъобразен живот, естествено състояние, естество (character, kind), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scent, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, sniff, soul, spirit, stifle, throttle), натура (life), същност (entity, essence, gist, inwardness, juice, kernel, merits, pith, point, quiddity, reality, self, spirit, sum, thisness), организъм (being, constitution, organism, physique), вид (air, appearance, aspect, blush, breed, cast, clan, class, complexion, demeanor, demeanour, description, form, genre, genus, grade, guise, kidney, kind, likeness, look, manner, mien, mode, order, persuasion, presence, race, shape, show, similitude, sort, species, strain, stripe, style, taxon, type, variety, view), физически нужди, физически функции, характер (character, complexion, constitution, disposition, fiber, fibre, grit, grittiness, individuality, kidney, make, make up, mentality, metal, mettle, mould, pattern, spirit, stuff, temper, turn), сорт (breed, class, degree, description, genus, grade, kind, order, persuasion, rate, sort, species, strain, style, tap, variety), живот близко до природата. (various references)

Catalan

natura (character). (various references)

Chinese 

自然 (natural, naturally). (various references)

Cornish

natur. (various references)

Czech

vlastnost (affection, attribute, feature, make, point, property, quality, side, trait), povaha (disposition, temper, temperament, vein), přirozenost, příroda (countryside, open air, the great outdoors), druh (companion, Comrade, description, fellow, genus, kind, mate, peer, race, species, strain, style, type, variety, yokefellow, yokemate). (various references)

Danish

natur (character), karakter (character, personality). (various references)

Dutch

karakter (character, personality), geaardheid (character, personality), aard (character, kind, personality, sort, temporary). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

pachamama. (various references)

Esperanto

naturo (character), karaktero (character, personality). (various references)

Faeroese

náttúra (character). (various references)

Farsi