nature
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
How often you will meet it
Rank 366 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 54,762 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.026% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized it is the nature of fire to burnthe true nature of jealousy
- a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe the laws of naturenature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
- the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. they tried to preserve nature as they found it
- the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions it is his nature to help others
- a particular type of thing problems of this type are very difficult to solvehe's interested in trains and things of that nature
nature 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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Human nature could not withstand these bewildering temptations.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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You know yourself, Harry, how independent I am by nature.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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A mind scarcely now to be imitated, so contrary to self-preservation, the most powerful law of Nature.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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It is singular that men should care about what comes after them, but I suppose it is human nature.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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The observance or omission of this rite among Roman Catholics, establishes, in a great degeee, the nature of individual character.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1