nature

Meaning

Noun

1. The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
2. The particular way someone or something is, especially
3. The particular way someone or something is, especially
4. (obsolete) The particular way someone or something is, especially
5. The vital functions or strength of someone or something, especially (now dialect) as requiring nourishment or careful maintenance or (medicine) as a force of regeneration without special treatment.
6. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
7. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
8. A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
9. A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.
10. A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.

Verb

To endow with natural qualities.

Hyphenated as

na‧ture

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneɪ̯.tʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus.
Displaced native Middle English erd (“character, nature, disposition”) from Old English eard (compare German Art (“nature, character, kind, type”)); and Middle English kinde, ikinde (“character, disposition, nature”) from Old English ġecynd. More at kind.

Sentences

It's a man who understands nature and the world .

Electret materials are quite common in nature .