natural

Definition

  • noun: someone who is good at doing something from the first time it is done
  • noun: one born without the usual powers of reason and understanding
  • adjective: existing in nature and not made or caused by people
  • adjective: based on an inherent sense of right and wrong
  • usually singular

Examples

  • He died of 'natural causes'. [=he died because he was ill or old and not by being killed in an accident, battle, etc.]

  • She was adopted immediately after she was born and never knew her 'natural' [=(more commonly) 'birth'] parents.

  • a country rich in 'natural resources' [=a country that has many valuable plants, animals, minerals, etc.]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) of outrageous fortune "or to take arms against a sea of trouble, "And by sleep to say we end the heartache "and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. "the undiscovered country... from whose bourn"... "In thy orisons, be all my sins remembered... (..)
    2016 TvShow: 12 Monkeys Title: Lullaby Season: 2 Episode 8