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natural
/ˈnætʃɚəl/
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What does natural mean?
adjective
- Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.
- Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.
- As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.
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adjective
- Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.
- Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.
- Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.
- Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.
- Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.
- Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.
- Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.
- Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.
- Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.
- Pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result.
- Not having used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
- Uncircumcised; intact.
- Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.
- Having a given status (especially of authority) by virtue of birth.
- Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
- Related by birth; genetically related.
noun
- A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental.
- The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.
- One with an innate talent at or for something.
- An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric.
- One's life.
- A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
- (slang) A breast which has not been modified by plastic surgery.
- Someone who has not used anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing substances.
- A roll of two dice with a score of 7 or 11 on the comeout roll.
- A deal of cards totalling 8 or 9.
- Synonym of pontoon (“hand totalling 21 points”).
- (archaic) A native inhabitant of a place, country, etc.
- (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
adverb
- Naturally; in a natural manner.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈnætʃɚəl/
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It is natural to suppose that they are hitherto more attached to their own, and that each would struggle for the preference.
Despite government efforts at reform and large-scale foreign assistance, the economy still is unable to take advantage of its sizable natural resources.
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When a woman chose to be a mother, she allowed the child-longing to grow within her till it worked its natural miracle.
Physical energy was the thing he was full to the brim of, and music was one of its natural forms of expression.
There was therefore no hope but in passive fortitude, and in that strong reliance on Heaven natural to great and generous characters.