nature

Pronunciation: ['neitʃә]

Average Rank: 908

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 自然, 大自然, 本性, 性格, 性质 [医] 自然, 大自然; 本性, 性能

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
  • n. a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
  • n. the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
  • n. the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: natures

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#492

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.1% (Top 95.1% most frequent)
95.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1893

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 81.1% (Top 81.1% most frequent)
81.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#340

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.6% (Top 96.6% most frequent)
96.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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