nature

nature is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe.
2. noun. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence.
3. noun. The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
4. noun. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artifical, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
5. noun. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being.
6. noun. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.
7. noun. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
8. noun. Natural affection or reverence.
9. noun. Constitution or quality of mind or character.
10. transitive verb. To endow with natural qualities.
11. noun. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

    "it is his nature to help others"

12. noun. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

    "it is the nature of fire to burn"

    "the true nature of jealousy"

13. noun. a particular type of thing

    "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"

    "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"

14. noun. the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

    "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"

15. noun. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

    "the laws of nature"

    "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nature:

aunter, auntre

Common word forms

natured, natures, naturing

Words from these letters

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