nature
noun
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the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions“It is my nature to help others.”
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the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized“it is the nature of fire to burn”
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a particular type of thing
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the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.“they tried to preserve nature as they found it”
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a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe“the laws of nature”