- nature - the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"
--1 is a kind of quality
--1 has part: characteristic- nature - a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
--2 is a kind of causal agent, cause, causal agency
- nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"
--3 is a kind of universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm
- nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
--4 is a kind of trait
--4 is a part of personality
--4 has particulars:animality, animal nature; disposition, temperament; complexion; sociality - nature - a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
--5 is a kind of type
- nature - a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"