Nature

Definition of nature:

part of speech: noun

Established order of things; the universe; essential qualities; native disposition; character.

part of speech: noun

The power which creates and which presides over the material world: the established order of things: the universe: the essential qualities of anything: constitution: species: character: natural disposition: conformity to that which is natural: a mind, or character: nakedness.

part of speech: noun

That which is the source or essence of life; the forces that create; as, the laws of nature; the universe; original or essential qualities; kind; as, everything of this nature; usual or necessary order of things; constitution; personal character or disposition; normal affection; lack of culture; wildness.

Usage examples for nature:

• Of what nature could it be? "East Lynne", Mrs. Henry Wood.

• I deceived myself when I said I wanted a child- of my own- to satisfy my emotional nature "Possessed", Cleveland Moffett.

• All nature was still. "The Great Mogul", Louis Tracy.

• Go now and leave them, said the man who was a priest by nature "The Perpetual Curate", Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant.