nature
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
it is the nature of fire to burn
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
Parts & wholes
- characteristic part meronym
Sense 2 noun
a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
the laws of nature
Types & categories
- causal agent hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
they tried to preserve nature as they found it
Types & categories
- world hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
it is his nature to help others
Types & categories
- trait hypernym
- animality hyponym
- disposition hyponym
- complexion hyponym
- sociality hyponym
Parts & wholes
- personality part holonym
Related & opposite
- good-natured attribute
- ill-natured attribute
Sense 5 noun
a particular type of thing
problems of this type are very difficult to solve
Types & categories
- type hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | characteristic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | causal agent |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | world |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | good-natured |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | ill-natured |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | personality |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | trait |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | animality |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disposition |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | complexion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sociality |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | type |