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nature

noun

1 the beauty of nature:

the natural world, the living world, Mother Nature, creation, the world, the environment, the earth, Mother Earth, the universe, the cosmos, natural forces;

wildlife, flora and fauna, countryside, landscape, scenery.

2 such crimes are, by their very nature, difficult to hide:

essence, inherent/basic/essential characteristics, inherent/basic/essential qualities, inherent/basic/essential attributes, inherent/basic/essential features, sum and substance, character, identity, complexion.

3 it was not in Daisy's nature to be bitchy:

character, personality, disposition, temperament, temper, humour, make-up, cast/turn of mind, persona, psyche, constitution, fibre.

4 experiments of a similar nature:

kind, sort, type, variety, description, category, ilk, class, classification, species, genre, style, cast, order, kidney, mould, stamp, grain;

North American stripe.

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