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UK
/nˈætʃəɹəl/
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[ US /ˈnætʃɝəɫ, ˈnætʃɹəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈnætʃɝəɫ, ˈnætʃɹəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild
it's the natural thing to happen
natural immunity -
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
a cat's natural aversion to water
offering to help was as instinctive as breathing -
free from artificiality
a natural reaction
a lifelike pose -
being talented through inherited qualities
a born musician
a natural leader
an innate talent -
existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
natural gas
natural blonde hair
a natural pearl
natural fertilizers
a natural sweetener
natural silk -
(of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
a natural scale
B natural -
(of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
biological child
natural parent -
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
natural produce
natural yogurt
raw wool
bales of rude cotton
raw sugar -
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
a very natural development
natural science
natural resources
natural cliffs
natural phenomena
our natural environment -
existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
a perfectly natural explanation
NOUN
- (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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someone regarded as certain to succeed
he's a natural for the job - a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
How To Use natural In A Sentence
- Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
- Lovecraft dealt not with the supernatural but with the "supernormal," as Joshi puts it -- the unrealized side of material reality. The Lovecraft News Network
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
- The remaining three evolutionary forces are nonadaptive in the sense that they are not a function of the fitness properties of individuals: mutation is the ultimate source of variation on which natural selection acts, recombination assorts variation within and among chromosomes, and genetic drift ensures that gene frequencies will deviate a bit from generation to generation independent of other forces. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- However, added the mayor, city hall will naturally respect the court's order, whatever it may be.
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
- Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
- I was haunted by the beauty of the landscape all about, of the natural ferneries then disappearing, and of the domed forest-trees on the slopes, and was fortunate in meeting a gentleman intent on preserving in art the beauties of his country. Sailing Alone Around the World
