natural at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
['nætʃərəl]
natural at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
c.1250, from O.Fr. nature, from L. naturalis "by birth, according to nature," from natura "nature." As a euphemism for "illegitimate, bastard" (of children), it is first recorded 1586. The noun sense of "person with a natural gift or talent" is first attested 1925, originally in prizefighting. Naturalist "student of natural history," is from 1600. Naturalize "admit (an alien) to rights of a citizen" is from 1571. ///
natural at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
W1S2 adj ----------//
1 nature:
2 normal:
3 behaviour:
4 ability:
5 relaxed:
6 parent/child:
7 real:
8 natural justice/law:
9 food:
10 music: ----------// [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin naturalis, from natura; NATURE]//
1 NATURE: existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people// artificial, man-made// --the study of the natural world (=trees, rivers, animals, plants etc) // --an area of spectacular natural beauty// -- natural disasters (=things such as floods orearthquakes) // --death from natural causes // --the need for natural light in offices//
2 NORMAL: normal and as you would expect// → unnatural, abnormal// --At the time, accepting his offer had seemed the most natural thing in the world .// it is natural (for sb) to do sth// --It's not natural for a child of his age to be so quiet.// -- It's only natural that he should be interested in what happens.// --It was a perfectly natural (=not surprising) mistake to make.//
3 BEHAVIOUR: a natural tendency or type of behaviour is part of your character when you are born, rather than one that you learn later// --Babies have a natural fear of falling.//
4 ABILITY: having a particular quality or skill without needing to be taught and without needing to try hard// --a natural musician// --Cheryl has a natural elegance about her.// --his natural ability with figures//
5 RELAXED: behaving in a way that is normal and shows you are relaxed and not trying to pretend// --Be cool, be natural.//
6 PARENT/CHILD: [only before noun] // a) someone's natural parent or child is their real parent or child, who is biologically related to them// --An adopted young person has the right to trace his natural parents.// b) old-fashioned if someone is the natural child of someone, their parents were not married to each other// --He was rumoured to be the natural son of a duke.//
7 REAL: not connected with gods, magic, or spirits// → supernatural// --I'm sure there's a perfectly natural explanation.//
8 natural justice/law: justice that is based on human reason alone//
9 FOOD: with nothing added to change the taste// --natural yoghurt//
10 MUSIC: technical a musical note that is natural has been raised from a flat by one semitone or lowered from a sharp by one semitone// sharp, flat// -- naturalness n [U] // --Manufacturers now choose to emphasize the naturalness of the ingredients used in their products.//
natural 2 n [C]
1 be a natural: to be good at doing something without having to try hard or practise// --People think I am a natural, but I've had to work at it.//
2 technical : a) a musical note that has been changed from a flat to be a semitone higher, or from a sharp to be a semitone lower// b) the sign in written music that shows this kind of musical note//
natural at Spanish => English Of Explained:
artless, elemental, natural, of course, unstudied
natural at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
396 Moby Thesaurus words for "natural":
Afro, Attic, Bohemian, Ciceronian, Spartan, accepted, accidental,
actual, affable, agrarian, alien, ament, appropriate, arcadian,
artist, artless, ascetic, atavistic, austere, authentic, automatic,
bald, bare, baseborn, basic, bastard, bodily, bona fide, born,
born fool, breathing, breve, bucolic, candid, card-carrying, case,
cast, casual, character, characteristic, chaste, child prodigy,
cinch, classic, clear, clot, coeval, coif, coiffure, cold wave,
common, commonplace, congenital, congenital idiot, conk, connatal,
connate, connatural, consequent, consistent, consonant,
constitutional, cordial, course, crackpot, crank, crap, craps,
cretin, crotchet, customary, defective, degage, demisemiquaver,
dinkum, direct, distinctive, distinguishing, dominant,
dominant note, double whole note, dry, dull, easy, easygoing,
eccentric, eighth note, elegant, enharmonic, enharmonic note,
everyday, exemplary, expected, faithful, familiar, fanatic,
fatherless, finished, fitting, flat, folksy, following the letter,
fool, frank, free and easy, fundamental, general, genetic, genius,
genuine, gifted child, gifted person, golem, good, graceful,
gracile, gracious, guileless, habitual, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle,
half note, half-wit, haymish, headdress, health,
hemidemisemiquaver, hereditary, hermit, hobo, home permanent,
homely, homespun, homey, honest, honest-to-God, idiot, ignorant,
illegitimate, imbecile, impulsive, in the blood, in the raw,
inartificial, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, informal,
ingenuous, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, innocent,
instinctive, instinctual, intellectual genius,
intellectual prodigy, involuntary, irregular, juggins, kook,
lawful, lean, legitimate, libidinal, lifelike, limpid, literal,
living, logical, lone wolf, loner, loose, lucid, man of parts,
matter-of-fact, maverick, mental genius, mental giant, meshuggenah,
minim, misbegotten, mongoloid idiot, moron, musical note, naive,
native, native to, natural idiot, natural to, natural-born fool,
naturalistic, naturelike, naturistic, neat, net, nick,
nonconformist, normal, note, nut, odd fellow, oddball, oddity,
offhand, offhanded, open, orderly, ordinary, organic, original,
outsider, pariah, pastoral, patent note, pellucid, permanent,
permanent wave, perspicuous, physical, plain, plain-speaking,
plain-spoken, polished, prevalent, primal, primitive, pristine,
process, prodigy, proper, prosaic, prosing, prosy, provincial,
pure, quarter note, quaver, queer duck, queer fish, queer specimen,
quintessential, rara avis, real, realistic, reasonable, refined,
regular, relaxed, report, responding note, restrained, rightful,
roll, round, routine, rural, rustic, sample, screwball, semibreve,
semiquaver, sensible, severe, shaped note, sharp, shoo-in, shot,
simon-pure, simp, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted,
simpleton, sincere, sixteenth note, sixty-fourth note, sober,
sociable, solitary, spare, speaking, spiccato, spontaneous,
spurious, staccato, standard, stark, sterling, straight,
straightforward, subliminal, supposititious, sure bet,
sure success, sure thing, sure-enough, sustained note, talent,
tasteful, temperamental, tercet, terse, thirty-second note, throw,
to the life, tone, tramp, trim, triplet, true, true to form,
true to life, true to nature, true to reality, true to type, typal,
type, typic, typical, unacquired, unadorned, unadulterated,
unaffected, unartificial, unassumed, unassuming, unceremonious,
uncolored, unconcocted, unconscious, unconstrained, unconventional,
uncopied, uncounterfeited, uncultivated, understandable,
undesigning, undisguised, undisguising, undissembling,
undissimulating, undistorted, undomesticated, unembarrassed,
unembellished, unexaggerated, unexceptional, unfabricated,
unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering,
unimaginative, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unlabored,
unlearned, unofficial, unpoetical, unpremeditated, unpretended,
unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unromantic, unschooled,
unsimulated, unsophisticated, unspecious, unspoiled, unstudied,
unsullied, unsynthetic, untouched, untutored, unvarnished,
unworldly, usual, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, virgin,
virginal, wave, whole note, winner, word-for-word, zany, zealot
natural at Portuguese => English Of Explained:
natural
normal
natural at Spanish => English Of Explained:
coming(devena)
natural at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[ADJ] (Intrinsicality): derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, incarnate, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, connate, cognate, running in the blood, indigenous, instinctive, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable.
[N] (Normalcy): normality, normalcy, familiarity, naturalness, commonness, frequency, rule, standard, conformity, habit, standard, pattern, prototype.
[ADJ] (Normalcy): normal, natural, unexceptional, common, usual, habitual.
[ADJ] (Plainness): plain, simple, unornamented, unadorned, unvarnished, homely, homespun, neat, severe, chaste, pure, commonplace, matter-of-fact, natural, prosaic, dry, unvaried, monotonous.
[ADJ] (Elegance): elegant, polished, artistic, graceful, easy, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemistic, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed.
[ADJ] (Artlessness): artless, natural, pure, simple, untutored, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, candid, ingenuous, guileless, honest, innocent, straightforward, aboveboard.
natural at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
adjective, noun
adjective
in nature
1 [only before noun] existing in nature; not made or caused by human beings:
natural phenomena / disasters * the natural world (= of trees, rivers, animals and birds) * a country's natural resources (= its coal, oil, forests, etc.) * wildlife in its natural habitat * natural yogurt (= with no flavour added) * My hair soon grew back to its natural colour (= after being dyed). * The clothes are available in warm natural colours.
compare SUPERNATURAL
expected
2 normal; as you would expect:
to die of natural causes (= not by violence, but normally, of old age) * He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things. * She was the natural choice for the job.
compare UNNATURAL
behaviour
3 used to describe behaviour that is part of the character that a person or an animal was born with:
the natural agility of a cat * the natural processes of language learning * It's only natural to worry about your children. * When body temperature is beginning to fall there is a natural tendency to fall asleep. * It was my natural instinct to defend myself.
ability
4 [only before noun] having an ability that you were born with:
He's a natural leader.
relaxed
5 relaxed and not pretending to be sb/sth different:
It's difficult to look natural when you're feeling nervous.
parents / children
6 [only before noun] (of parents or their children) related by blood:
His natural mother was unable to care for him so he was raised by an aunt.
7 [only before noun] (old use or formal) (of a son or daughter) born to parents who are not married
SYN ILLEGITIMATE:
She was a natural daughter of King James II.
based on human reason
8 [only before noun] based on human reason alone:
natural justice / law
in music
9 used after the name of a note to show that the note is neither SHARP nor FLAT. The written symbol is ({natural}):
B natural
noun
person
1 ~ (for sth) a person who is very good at sth without having to learn how to do it, or who is perfectly suited for a particular job:
She took to flying like a natural. * He's a natural for the role.
in music
2 a normal musical note, not its SHARP or FLAT form. The written symbol is ({natural}).
Natural at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Natural \Nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. [OE. naturel, F. naturel, fr.
L. naturalis, fr. natura. See {Nature}.]
1. Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the
constitution of a thing; belonging to native character;
according to nature; essential; characteristic; not
artifical, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the
natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of
a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the
natural heat of the body; natural color.
With strong natural sense, and rare force of will.
--Macaulay.
2. Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature;
consonant to the methods of nature; according to the
stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws
which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or
violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural
consequence of crime; a natural death.
What can be more natural than the circumstances in
the behavior of those women who had lost their
husbands on this fatal day? --Addison.
3. Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with,
or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and
mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or
experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural
science; history, theology.
I call that natural religion which men might know .
. . by the mere principles of reason, improved by
consideration and experience, without the help of
revelation. --Bp. Wilkins.
4. Conformed to truth or reality; as:
(a) Springing from true sentiment; not artifical or
exaggerated; -- said of action, delivery, etc.; as, a
natural gesture, tone, etc.
(b) Resembling the object imitated; true to nature;
according to the life; -- said of anything copied or
imitated; as, a portrait is natural.
5. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to
one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
To leave his wife, to leave his babes, . . . He
wants the natural touch. --Shak.
6. Connected by the ties of consanguinity. ``Natural
friends.'' --J. H. Newman.
7. Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock;
illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.
8. Of or pertaining to the lower or animal nature, as
contrasted with the higher or moral powers, or that which
is spiritual; being in a state of nature; unregenerate.
The natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God. --1 Cor. ii.
14.
9. (Math.) Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some
system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain
functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those
commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken
in arcs whose radii are 1.
Natural \Nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), n.
1. A native; an aboriginal. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. pl. Natural gifts, impulses, etc. [Obs.] --Fuller.
3. One born without the usual powers of reason or
understanding; an idiot. ``The minds of naturals.''
--Locke.
4. (Mus.) A character [[natural]] used to contradict, or to
remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded
it, and to restore the unaltered note.
natural at English => English (Computer) Of Explained:
NATURAL
An integrated {4GL} from {Software AG}, Germany. The
menu-driven version is SUPER/NATURAL.
Natural 2 is a major upgrade to Natural 1.
Version 2.1.7 in the MVS environment (June 1995, also
available for Unix).
Natural works with {DB2} and various other {databases}, but
Natural and {Adabas} normally go together. There are many
products available in the "Natural" family, including
SuperNatural, Natural for Windows, Entire Connection (enables
up/downloading and interaction with {Excel}) and Esperant.
(1995-11-14)
natural at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
natural
adj 1: in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature;
"a very natural development"; "our natural
environment"; "natural science"; "natural resources";
"natural cliffs"; "natural phenomena" [ant: {unnatural}]
2: existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or
imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural
silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener";
"natural fertilizers" [ant: {artificial}]
3: existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable
world; neither supernatural nor magical; "a perfectly
natural explanation" [ant: {supernatural}]
4: functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking
abnormalities or deficiencies; "it's the natural thing to
happen"; "natural immunity"; "a grandparent's natural
affection for a grandchild"
5: of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural" [ant: {sharp},
{flat}]
6: unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's
natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as
instinctive as breathing" [syn: {instinctive}]
7: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed
condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw
wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {raw(a)},
{rude(a)}]
8: related by blood; not adopted; "natural parent"
9: being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural
leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" [syn: {born(p)},
{innate(p)}]
10: unaffected and natural looking; "a lifelike pose"; "a
natural reaction" [syn: {lifelike}]
natural
n 1: someone regarded as certain to succeed; "he's a natural for
the job"
2: a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: {cancel}]
3: (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the
stake
natural at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Inter: wikipedi » a
Inter: rf » t
Alternative forms
* naturallEtymology
Inter: etyl » fro, from Inter: etyl » la Inter: term » naturalis|nātūrālis|lang=la, from Inter: term » natus|nātus|lang=la, the perfect participle of Inter: term » nascor|nāscor|I am born|lang=la|.Pronunciation
* Inter: audio » en-us-natural.ogg|Audio (US)Adjective
Inter: en-ad » jAntonyms
* Inter: sense » exists in an ecosystem aberrant, abnormal, artificialDerived terms
Inter: der-to » pInter: der-mi » d
- natural light
- natural logarithm
- natural medicine
- natural monopoly
- natural number
- natural philosophy
- natural religion
- natural resources
- natural scale
- natural science
- natural selection
- natural slope
- natural theology
- natural virtue
- natural wastage
- natural world
- natural-born
- naturalise/naturalize
- naturalist
- unnatural
Inter: der-botto » m
Related terms
Inter: rel-to » pInter: rel-mi » d
- nativization
- nativism
- naturism
- naturalism
- prenatal
- au naturel
Inter: rel-botto » m
Translations
Inter: trans-top » relating to natureInter: trans-mi » d
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|naturale
- Japanese: Inter: t+ » ja|自然|tr=しぜんな, shizen-na|alt=自然な|sc=Jpan
- Korean: Inter: t+ » ko|자연|tr=jayeon-ui|alt=자연의|sc=Kore
- Latvian: Inter: t- » lv|dabīgs
- Macedonian: Inter: t- » mk|природен|tr=príroden|sc=Cyrl
- Maori: Inter: t- » mi|urutapu
- Norwegian: Inter: t- » no|naturlig
- Novial: natural
- Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|naturalny
- Portuguese: natural Inter: m » f
- Romanian: Inter: t- » ro|natural|m, Inter: t- » ro|naturală|f
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|естественный|tr=jestéstvennyj
- Scots: naitural
- Scottish Gaelic: Inter: t- » gd|nàdarrach
- Serbo-Croatian: prirodan {{m}}, prirodna {{f}}
- Slovene: naraven
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|natural|m|f
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|naturlig
- Telugu: సహజమైన (sahajamaina)
- Turkish: Inter: t+ » tr|doğal, Inter: t+ » tr|tabii, Inter: t+ » tr|natürel
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » without additives
- Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|բնական|tr=bnakan
- Azeri: Inter: t- » az|təbii
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|natuurlijk
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|luonnollinen, Inter: t- » fi|luontainen
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|naturel
- Hebrew: Inter: t- » he|טבעי|tr=tiv'i
- Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|természetes
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|naturale
- Latvian: Inter: t- » lv|dabīgs
- Macedonian: Inter: t- » mk|природен|tr=príroden|sc=Cyrl
- Maori: Inter: t- » mi|parakore
- Norwegian: Inter: t- » no|naturlig
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » as expected
- Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|բնական|tr=bnakan
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|přirozený|m
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|normaal
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|normaali, Inter: t+ » fi|tavallinen, Inter: t- » fi|tavanomainen, Inter: t+ » fi|luonnollinen, Inter: t- » fi|luonteva
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|normal, Inter: t+ » fr|naturel
- Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|természetes
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|naturale
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » colour: almost white
- Finnish: luonnonvalkoinen
- German: Inter: t- » de|naturfarben, Inter: t- » de|naturfarbig
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » colour: not adjusted
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|luonnonvärinen, Inter: t+ » fi|luonnollinen
- German: Inter: t- » de|naturfarben, Inter: t- » de|naturfarbig
- Romanian: Inter: t- » ro|natural|m|n
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » musically not sharp or flat
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|luonnollinen
- Irish: Inter: t- » ga|nádúrtha
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » without adjustment
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|luonnollinen
- German: Inter: t+ » de|natürlich, Inter: t- » de|naturwüchsig
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Noun
Inter: en-nou » nTranslations
Inter: trans-top » musical note, symbolInter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » someone with innate ability
- Afrikaans: natuurlike talent
- Dutch: natuurtalent {{n}}
- Finnish: luonnonlahjakkuus
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » colour
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
See also
* Category: Appendix:Colors -Statistics
* Inter: rank » except|sound|didn't|515|natural|laid|cold|ledExternal links
* Inter: R:Webster 191 » 3- Inter: R:Century 191 » 1
Category: Category:1000 English basic words -
Category: Category:en:Colors -
Category: Category:en:Whites -
Old French
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|fro Inter: term » naturalis|nātūrālis|lang=la.Adjective
Inter: head » fro|adjective|g=m|feminine|naturalRelated terms
* Inter: l » fr|natureDescendants
* English: Inter: l » en|naturalPortuguese
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|pt Inter: term » naturalis|nātūrālis|lang=la.Adjective
Inter: pt-adj » natur|alRelated terms
* naturalidadeSpanish
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|es Inter: term » naturalis|nātūrālis|lang=la.Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » al|lang=esAdjective
Inter: es-adj » pl=naturalesRelated terms
* sobrenaturalTranslation: ar » natural
Translation: ca » natural
Translation: cs » natural
Translation: cy » natural
Translation: de » natural
Translation: et » natural
Translation: el » natural
Translation: es » natural
Translation: fa » natural
Translation: fr » natural
Translation: ko » natural
Translation: io » natural
Translation: id » natural
Translation: it » natural
Translation: kn » natural
Translation: ka » natural
Translation: kk » natural
Translation: ku » natural
Translation: lo » natural
Translation: lt » natural
Translation: li » natural
Translation: hu » natural
Translation: mg » natural
Translation: ml » natural
Translation: my » natural
Translation: nl » natural
Translation: ja » natural
Translation: pl » natural
Translation: pt » natural
Translation: ru » natural
Category: simple:natural -
Translation: fi » natural
Translation: sv » natural
Translation: tl » natural
Translation: ta » natural
Translation: te » natural
Translation: tr » natural
Translation: vi » natural
Translation: zh » natural