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natural
/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/
adj 5noun 5adv 1
Collocations
5(adj.) not made by people
VERBS
be
These ingredients are natural, so they're safe for babies to eat.
ADV
completely
It's completely natural for babies to cry when they feel hungry or tired.
(adj.) usual/normal
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound
ADV
only, perfectly, quite
It is perfectly natural for teenagers to want more independence from their parents.
fairly
Definitions
adj
1
Existing in nature.
The natural Love of Life gave me some inward Motions of Joy.
With strong natural sense, and rare force of will, he found himself, when first his mind began to open, a fatherless and motherless child, the chief of a great but depressed and disheartened party, and the heir to vast and indefinite pretensions, which excited the dread and aversion of the oligarchy then supreme in the United Provinces.
2
Existing in nature.
The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed.
3
Existing in nature.
It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays.
His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime.
4
Existing in nature.
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
5
Existing in nature.
She died of natural causes.
Cancer patient David Paterson, 81, was close to a natural death when he was suffocated by Heather Davidson, 54, in the bedroom of his care home in North Yorkshire on 11 February.
noun
1
A native inhabitant of a place, country, etc.
I coniecture and assure my selfe that yee cannot be ignorant by what meanes this peace hath bin thus happily both for our proceedings and the welfare of the Naturals concluded […]
2
A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
3
The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
4
One with an innate talent at or for something.
He's a natural on the saxophone.
5
An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
adv
1
Naturally; in a natural manner.
Dr. Watson, on the other hand, spoke natural.
"If the doctor hadn't been sure she was strangled you'd have sworn she died natural."
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
adjective — free from artificiality
- lifelike
adjective — (of a parent or child) related by blood
adjective — unthinking
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The natural Love of Life gave me some inward Motions of Joy.
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With strong natural sense, and rare force of will, he found himself, when first his mind began to open, a fatherless and motherless child, the chief of a great but depressed and disheartened party, an
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A South African Uber driver is causing excitement with his impressive operatic singing but, however much natural talent you have, it is a long road to La Scala.
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I coniecture and assure my selfe that yee cannot be ignorant by what meanes this peace hath bin thus happily both for our proceedings and the welfare of the Naturals concluded […]
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He's a natural on the saxophone.
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Why is not this better now, then groning for Loue, now art thou ſociable, now art thou Romeo : now art thou what thou art, by Art as well as by Nature, for this driueling Loue is like a great Naturall
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