noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at one with nature
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She felt as she always did in these mountains: peaceful, without care, at one with nature .
foreign to...nature
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Aggression is completely foreign to his nature .
good nature
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He had his father’s good looks and his mother’s good nature.
human nature
intrinsic nature/quality/value/property of sth
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There is nothing in the intrinsic nature of the work that makes it more suitable for women.
Mother Nature
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How could Mother Nature have dealt such a savage blow?
nature conservation
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a government adviser on nature conservation
nature reserve
nature trail
the balance of nature
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Nothing can justify permanent damage to the balance of nature.
the controversial nature of sth
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The report was kept secret because of its controversial nature.
the essential nature of sth
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The essential nature of stem cells is that they are the source of all other cells in the body.
the exceptional nature of sth (= the very unusual qualities or features that something has )
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In view of the exceptional nature of your crime, this court sentences you to a minimum of twenty years.
the true nature of sth
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The prisoners are encouraged to confront the true nature of their crimes.
the very nature/essence of sth
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As a travel writer, the very nature of his job meant that he travelled a lot.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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Under different situations in nature Azolla is regarded to be an undesirable weed or a very beneficial plant.
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But it is different in nature .
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Out on the high plains, the problem is of a different nature .
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But the attention paid to it was of a completely different nature to that accorded to male blood.
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Because human nature is different from chimp nature.
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He is a poet of a different nature .
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We had problems with spirits of a different nature the night Oliver Reed joined us.
exact
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Mystery still surrounds the exact nature of the accident.
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Starr would not comment on the exact nature of the new evidence, which Howard now holds under seal.
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Awareness of the exact nature of her surroundings was alarming.
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He took on several enterprises, but their exact nature was always obscure and there were no evident profits.
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There would be time to work out the exact nature of its functioning later.
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What was the exact nature of the social and political elite that dominated state and society at this time?
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By clarifying in your own mind the exact nature of these positions you can enter into bargaining with much greater confidence.
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He had remembered the story even if he had forgotten the exact nature of the secret signal.
human
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Unlike many other societies, including our own, Chewong ideas about human nature are truly applicable to both sexes.
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Conservatism makes few assumptions about human nature .
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I wonder at the lack of knowledge of human nature shown by some judges.
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And that aspect of human nature does not evaporate just because people are part of the same organization.
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Part of the problem of having a broken human nature is that we easily deceive ourselves.
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When we do, an extraordinary insight into human nature will emerge.
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Wrestling with nature - and human nature - was the prime thing.
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In general, one claim underpinning the human nature approach seems reasonable-we are not merely the product of our environment.
precise
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The answer depends upon the precise nature of price rigidity.
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The man was obviously enjoying himself, but the precise nature of that pleasure eluded Quinn.
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It will be appreciated that the precise nature of the degree or defect in acuity or field of vision is highly individual.
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What is the precise nature of the school goals?
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What is its precise nature and why is it before this court?
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Doubts have been raised concerning the precise nature of Salmon's religious identity and experiences, but the salient details are unproblematic.
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The precise nature of this scheme varies from one company to another.
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Keynes's later scepticism on the precise nature of this connection seems to have been amply justified.
true
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There the prisoners are encouraged to confront the true nature of their crimes and themselves.
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This is the true nature of democracy and of all distributed governance.
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However, the true condition and nature of an object can only really be judged by physically checking it.
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Even worse was the fact that very few government officials appeared to be aware of the true nature of the missions.
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Fistula formation - for example to the trachea - may then be the first sign of the true nature of the disease.
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But the attacks often distort the true nature of a candidate.
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What is certainly true is that nature is not as straight forward as we like to suppose.
very
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Because of the very nature of desktop publishing this should come as no surprise.
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The very nature of the service dictates that every advice worker must be kept up to date both with changing legislation and with skills.
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It goes against the very nature of man today.
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It was a technique which by its very nature was unsuited for use from the front opposition bench.
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The very nature of their mouths says so. paradoxically, however, surface feeding is part of their nature too.
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Several writers have emphasised the very stressful nature of the parachute training at Ringway.
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In other words, desires are authentically related to our very nature as human beings.
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Gameplay is naturally limited because of the very nature of the type of game.
■ NOUN
conservation
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There have been gains for nature conservation in that the storms have prompted a fundamental questioning of the received view.
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The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms.
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On the whole, I feel optimistic about the future of nature conservation because so many people are involved now.
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It has also drastically altered landscapes and reduced the nature conservation interest associated with the former small fields and hedges or banks.
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A knowledge of, and a commitment to, nature conservation in Northern Ireland is essential.
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The open countryside will be protected, but recreation and nature conservation will be encouraged.
reserve
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Julie Godwin, who was thirty, was sunbathing at a nature reserve when she was killed.
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Julie was cut down beneath a nearby tree on the beautiful nature reserve 220 miles north of Durban.
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Care would be taken not to harm the environment in the nature reserve there, which was designated a world heritage area.
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The new nature reserve will be the area of Middlesbrough and more than seven times the size of Hyde Park.
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There are about 150,000 acres of natural space left, but only 50,000 acres are protected by a nature reserve .
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In the area too is the Noar Hill nature reserve , on land where chalk was once dug.
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Thankfully it's now a nature reserve , which has the added advantage of offering free access during the stalking season.
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In 1910, the Hon Charles Rothschild purchased 138 hectares of this fenland fragment and declared it a nature reserve .
trail
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There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve, which is definitely worth doing.
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The rerouted nature trail offers three new vistas from about 150 feet above river level.
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Eight miles away you can visit the Oakwell Country Park with 87 acres of parkland, nature trails and bridleways.
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The sludge in the Cuisinart fills the condo with smells I remember from nature trails of my childhood.
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There will be no polecat with young at post number seven on the nature trail .
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Untouched for thirty years, ideal for a nature trail - the undisturbed habitat of birds and animals.
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There is a hide and a nature trail which is always open.
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Parish nature trails were also mentioned and Miss Bellamy said that it was possible to obtain grants towards producing leaflets.
■ VERB
change
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In Chapter 2 we concentrate on the changing nature of the public monument.
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The contract in many ways represents the changing nature of overseas military operations.
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I have no wish to change my nature over this matter and become a crusading journalist.
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In addition, any classification is time specific, because evolutionary and revolutionary processes can change the nature of a political system.
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How that might change his nature , there's the question.
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The fourth stage recognizes the changing nature of the networking marketplace.
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All that has changed is the nature and volume of data, and the way it is created and accessed.
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Affective experiences, such as feeling, are represented and remembered, changing for ever the nature of affective thoughts.
depend
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There are different forms of the request available from the county court depending upon the nature of the action.
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The time required to collect data may be only a few days or several months depending on the nature of the problem.
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It goes without saying that everything depends on the nature of the piece of music to be scored.
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Chimps go from small feeding bands to big groups depending on the nature of the food supply.
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The answer depends upon the precise nature of price rigidity.
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As to the duration of the restrictions, what constitutes a reasonable period depends largely on the nature of the business sold.
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The amount of encoding in a header will depend both on the nature and the intended use of the text.
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The kind of institution that can best provide the protection depends on the nature of the transaction, an issue discussed later.
understand
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Even physics does not understand the nature of an electron and electrical charge.
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One can understand why a cheerful nature is important.
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What we need is managerial hierarchy that understands its own nature and purpose.
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He very likely does not understand the nature of the risk that he describes.
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How then could we ever understand the nature and functioning of the whole belt?
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She understood human nature , which is the essence of politics.
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They did not understand the nature of honour or how to win glory in battle.
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This is highly significant for understanding the nature of his perceived relationship to his government.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appeal to sb's better nature/sense of justice etc
be/become second nature (to sb)
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Typing becomes second nature after a while.
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But the main reason for my silence was that secrecy and deception had by then become second nature to me.
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By the time you die, you should be so used to paying taxes that it would almost be second nature anyway.
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Gradually those qualities become second nature.
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If one is well grounded in youth, the object of love and sound toilet training, these things become second nature.
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Management by objective was becoming second nature in the West Wing.
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Pay close attention to the sweep pattern and strokes, and this will eventually become second nature.
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Practice breathing in this way for twenty minutes each day until it becomes second nature.
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The strange and difficult was becoming second nature in the way that it had when I'd learned to fly.
commune with nature
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Can you spare as little as half an hour each day to unwind or to commune with nature?
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Instead of living, the church peddled dogmas; instead of communing with nature, it recited lifeless history.
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When this happened, one left him alone to commune with nature or whatever it was he wished to do.
it's (only/just) human nature
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It's human nature to put off doing things you don't like to do.
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But it's human nature that people-male or female-will do what they are allowed to get away with.
the call of nature
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It was the call of nature.
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Old Rottweilers may need to be let out more frequently to answer the call of nature, but for shorter periods.
the secrets of life/nature/the universe etc
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Nobody expects you to reveal the secrets of the universe, only produce a well-written story.
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We cease trying vainly to understand the secrets of the Universe as we have hitherto tried to do.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Being distrustful had become a part of her nature .
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books of an erotic nature
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Children at this age commonly refer to being eaten up by tigers and lions and things of that nature .
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Computers, by their nature , tend to change the way offices are organized.
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I've always been a nature lover.
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I am not by nature a violent man, but these insults were more than I could bear.
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It's in the nature of elections that campaigning sometimes gets quite tough.
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It was not in his nature to take risks.
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Kindness and sympathy were in his nature .
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Monnens spends his days explaining the nature of Internet advertising to clients.
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My girlfriend has a rather unforgiving nature so I don't think that I'll tell her.
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On the plains the farmers have to deal with frequent floods, but up in the hills their problems are of a different nature .
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She's generous by nature .
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She was surprised to learn he had a romantic side to his nature .
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The cruise was to be in the nature of a "rest cure".
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The doctor admitted that he didn't yet understand the nature of Julie's illness.
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the laws of nature
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The support being given is primarily of a practical nature .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But one can not be specific about the number of questions without knowing the nature of the project topic.
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He has a serious nature and his powers of concentration are a boon when it comes to his gruelling training schedule.
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Out of acorns, nature makes a machine that provides a luxurious home for people, animals, and plants.
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The arrival of man-made instruments represented the supplanting and indeed deliberate transcending of nature by human values.
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The choice of methods for a particular study will depend on the nature of the task and the resources available.
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Though this is impossible to us as humans, nature does it all the time.
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Thus it is very important to read the instructions carefully when using programmes of this nature .