/ˈneɪtʃə/
Translation
The plants, animals, land, and weather of the world, not made by people.
Word origin
From Latin natura, meaning birth or the natural order, from nasci ('to be born').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- natura
- English cognates
- native, nation
Examples
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"Nature" means the plants, animals, and land of the world.
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Here "nature" means the living world around us.
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"Nature" is uncountable, so it has no plural and takes no "a".
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