Dictionary entry details
• NATURE (noun)
Meaning:
The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
it is the nature of fire to burn / the true nature of jealousy
Hypernyms ("nature" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Meronyms (parts of "nature"):
characteristic (a distinguishing quality)
Meaning:
A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context examples:
the laws of nature / nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women
Hypernyms ("nature" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Meaning:
The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
they tried to preserve nature as they found it
Hypernyms ("nature" is a kind of...):
cosmos; creation; existence; macrocosm; universe; world (everything that exists anywhere)
Meaning:
The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
it is his nature to help others
Hypernyms ("nature" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Attribute:
good-natured (having an easygoing and cheerful disposition)
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nature"):
animal nature; animality (the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect)
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
complexion ((obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament)
sociality (the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups)
Holonyms ("nature" is a part of...):
personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual)
Meaning:
A particular type of thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context examples:
problems of this type are very difficult to solve / he's interested in trains and things of that nature / matters of a personal nature
Hypernyms ("nature" is a kind of...):
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
