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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).
- 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?
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
- Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
- However, added the mayor, city hall will naturally respect the court's order, whatever it may be.
- He has written a natural history of Scotland.
- As doctors we are all too aware of the natural causes of death, such as cancer and heart disease, the top killers.
- 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.