nature means the sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle. It carries an Arena rating of 1385, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nature ranks #934 of 17,052 for Most Sublime Words, #2,708 of 17,052 for Most Malleable Words, #3,323 of 17,052 for Scariest Words, #7,947 of 17,052 for Most Ponderous Words.
nature is pronounced /ˈneɪ̯.tʃə(ɹ)/.
Why “nature” is a great word
The inherent, essential qualities or character of a person, thing, or the physical world as a whole, distinct from human intervention or artificial constructs. From Old French nature, from Latin nātūra ('birth, constitution, character, course of things'), from nātus, past participle of nāscī ('to be born'). Unlike 'essence,' which isolates a defining core, or 'character,' which collects shaped moral traits, nature is the raw and encompassing substrate, the original text before any gloss of cultivation. It is the untaught aggression in a feral dog's eye, the immutable grain in a block of oak, and the quiet persistence of roots widening a crack in aged pavement—the stubborn, self-sufficient fact of a thing being, relentlessly, what it was born to be.
name
- The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.e.g.“To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.”
noun
- The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.e.g.“I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions.”
- The particular way someone or something is, especially; The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
- The particular way someone or something is, especially; The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.e.g.“For the French, it was impossible for them to serve her in that nature.”
- The particular way someone or something is, especially; Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.e.g.“...One Hundred of each Nature of Case-Shot...”
- The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.e.g.“Any such corrasiue, sharpe or eager medicine... as the said H. shal think his nature is vnable to suffer...”
- A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; The need to urinate and defecate.e.g.“He withdrew from the Company to ease Nature.”
- A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; Sexual desire.
- A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially; Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
- A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.e.g.“If a man want to break his wife from some man, he steals this dishcloth... an' he ketches her nachure in this dishcloth...”
- A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.e.g.“... offer her the Horse, and... wash her Nature with cold Water ...”
verb
- To endow with natural qualities.
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