natural
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
How often you will meet it
Rank 675 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,045 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature a very natural developmentour natural environment
- existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation a natural pearlnatural gas
- existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical a perfectly natural explanation
- functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies it's the natural thing to happennatural immunity
- (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone a natural scaleB natural
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related also: biological biological childnatural parent
natural in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was natural that Aunt Em should remind one of Uncle Em.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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I daresay the old fool died what the world will call a natural death.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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He had always been more sensitive than the people about him to the appeal of natural beauty.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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It struck me that he might look natural on a stage, but was strangely out of place in real life.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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The star is a horse that pranced about the stage in the most natural manner possible, carefully avoiding the orchestra.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1