Main entry: nature
Definition: the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
Usage: it is his nature to help others
Main entry: nature
Definition: the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
Usage: it is the nature of fire to burn; the true nature of jealousy
Main entry: nature
Definition: a particular type of thing
Usage: problems of this type are very difficult to solve; he's interested in trains and things of that nature; matters of a personal nature
Main entry: nature
Definition: the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
Usage: they tried to preserve nature as they found it
Main entry: nature
Definition: a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
Usage: the laws of nature; nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women