nature

/ˈneɪtʃə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈneɪtʃə/

nature

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

na - ture -> nature

Myanmar meaning

(n) သဘာဝ။ သဘာဝတရား။ သဘာဝဗီဇ။ ဗီဇ။ သဘောသဘာဝ။ အမျိုးအစား။ မျိုး။

Full entry

nature /'neÇtʃǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [U] သဘာဝ။ the wonders of nature ❍ manufactured substances not found in nature.
၂။ (often Nature) [U] သဘာဝတရား။ contrary to the laws of Nature ❍ It's best to let nature take its course. ❍ man's constant attempts to control nature. See also MOTHER NATURE
၃။ (က) [C,U] သဘာဝဗီဇ။ ဗီဇ။ appeal to sb's better nature (ie the generous part of their character) ❍ It's against his nature (ie not his natural reaction) to be unkind. ❍ There is no cruelty in her nature. ❍ Cats and dogs have quite different natures—dogs like company, cats are independent. ❍ She is proud by nature. See also HUMAN NATURE, SECOND NATURE
(ခ) [sing] သဘောသဘာဝ။ Chemists study the nature of gases. ❍ He knows nothing of the nature of my work.
၄။ [sing] အမျိုးအစား။ မျိုး။ Things of that nature do not interest me.
 against nature [IDM ] သဘာဝမဟုတ်သော။ ကိုယ်ကျင့် တရားနှင့်မညီသော။ a crime against nature.
❏ (go, etc) back to nature [IDM ] တောသဘာဝအတိုင်း ပြန်လည်၍ နေထိုင်သည်။ man's yearning to get back to nature.
 in the nature of sth [IDM ] နှင့်တူသည်။ ဟန်ရှိသည်။ His speech was in the nature of an apology.
 -natured (forming compound adjs ) … စိတ် သဘောထားရှိသော။ good -natured.
❏ nature reserve n ဘေးမဲ့တော။
 nature study n [U] အပင်များ၊ တိရစ္ဆာန်များ၊ ပိုးမွှားများကို (ကျောင်းများ၌) လေ့လာခြင်း။
 nature trail n (တောတောင်သဘာဝ၊ အပင်၊ အကောင်တို့ကို လေ့လာနိုင်သော) တောတွင်းလူသွားလမ်း။

More examples

An opportunity to enjoy the beauty of nature in Alaska
Barone’s interest was in nature, wildlife, and birds.
He’s always loved pitting his skills against the forces of nature.
[nature of] : It’s the nature of plastic to melt under high temperatures.
They must understand the nature of our opposition to nuclear testing.
[by its (very) nature] : Medical records, by their very nature, contain sensitive information.
[true nature] : Dunston refused to reveal the true nature of her work.
[in nature] : The role of the Board is only advisory in nature.
The pony has a very gentle nature.
[by nature] : Apes are curious by nature.
[in someone’s nature] : It isn’t in my nature to be pushy or aggressive.
[someone’s better nature] : If we can appeal to Charlotte’s better nature we can work out a compromise.
His behaviour was inappropriate for a meeting of this nature.
[in the nature of] : The consultation will be more in the nature of a public meeting than a formal enquiry.

Synonyms

natural world, natural history, scenery, life, environment, Mother Nature, anatomy, attributes, being, bottom line, brand, cast, category, character, characteristics, class, color, complexion, conformation, constitution, cosmos, country, countryside, creation, description, disposition, drift, earth, essence, essentiality, fauna, features, figure, flora, forest, framework, generation, heart, humor, ilk, individualism, individuality, kind, landscape, like, macrocosm, makeup, meat, megacosm, mood, name of game, name of tune, natural surroundings, nature of beast, outdoors, outlook, personality, point, quality, score, seascape, setting, shape, sort, species, spirit, stripe, structure, stuff, style, temper, temperament, texture, traits, type, universe, variety, view, way, wildlife, world

Antonyms

exterior, exteriority, outside