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| Sounds | ney'cher |
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| Rhymes | acupuncture, adventure, agriculture / Agriculture, and 99 more rhymes in cher at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. |
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| Examples | "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" |
| Parts | characteristic |
| Broader | quality |
| Meaning | A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe. |
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| Examples | "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" |
| Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency |
| Meaning | The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. |
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| Examples | "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
| Broader | universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm |
| Meaning | The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions. |
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| Examples | "it is his nature to help others" |
| Attributes | good-natured; ill-natured |
| Part of | personality |
| Narrower | animality, animal nature; disposition, temperament; complexion; sociality |
| Broader | trait |
| Meaning | A particular type of thing. |
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| Examples | "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature" |
| Broader | type |