nature: значение и определения

The forces and processes that produce and control all the phenomena of the material world: the laws of nature.

The material world and its phenomena.

The world of living things and the outdoors: the beauties of nature.

A primitive state of existence, untouched and uninfluenced by civilization or artificiality: couldn't tolerate city life anymore and went back to nature.

Theology Humankind's natural state as distinguished from the state of grace.

A kind or sort: confidences of a personal nature.

The essential characteristics and qualities of a person or thing: "She was only strong and sweet and in her nature when she was really deep in trouble” ( Gertrude Stein).

The fundamental character or disposition of a person; temperament: "Strange natures made a brotherhood of ill” ( Percy Bysshe Shelley).

The natural or real aspect of a person, place, or thing. See Synonyms at disposition.

The processes and functions of the body.