Usually means: Essence of the physical world.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word nature:

General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. nature: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nature: Merriam-Webster
  3. nature, nature: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nature: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nature: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nature: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nature, nature, nature: Wordnik
  8. Nature, nature: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Nature, nature: Wiktionary
  10. nature: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nature: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nature: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nature: Dictionary.com
  14. nature: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nature: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Nature (Emerson), Nature (Magazine), Nature (Paul Kelly album), Nature (TV program), Nature (TV series), Nature (The Fourmyula song), Nature (The Mutton Birds album), Nature (Tobler essay), Nature (artist), Nature (band), Nature (book), Nature (disambiguation), Nature (essay), Nature (group), Nature (innate), Nature (philosophy), Nature (rapper), Nature (song), Nature: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nature: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nature: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nature: Rhymezone
  20. nature, nature (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nature: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Nature: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Nature: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. nature: FreeDictionary.org
  25. nature: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. nature: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. nature: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  28. Nature (journal): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  29. nature (f) (motive): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  30. Nature (magazine): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. nature: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)
  5. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  6. Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nature: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nature: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. nature: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nature (journal): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Nature (journal): Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. NATURE: Acronym Finder
  3. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  4. nature: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nature: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Game Theory Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nature: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Nature: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See natures as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable, often capitalized) 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.
noun:  The particular way someone or something is, especially
noun:  The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.
noun:  The distinguishing characteristic of a person or thing, understood as its general class, sort, type, etc.
noun:  (UK military, obsolete) Synonym of caliber: the class of a gun.
noun:  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.
noun:  A requirement or powerful impulse of the body's physical form, especially
noun:  The need to urinate and defecate.
noun:  (now chiefly African-American Vernacular) Sexual desire.
noun:  (now chiefly UK regional and African-American Vernacular) Spontaneous love, affection, or reverence, especially between parent and child.
noun:  (now rare) A product of the body's physical form, especially semen and vaginal fluids, menstrual fluid, and (obsolete) feces.
noun:  (now rare) A part of the body's physical form, especially (obsolete) the female genitalia.
verb:  (obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.
noun:  The sum of natural forces reified and considered as a sentient being, will, or principle.

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