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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

  • (..) It's time to put this behind us. It's gone on too long. This has to stop. Dad... Things will take their natural course, Lindsey. Len, I appreciate everything you've done. You've been a great friend to me. That goes for Abigail, too. You've been a great friend to both of us. I want him dead. (..)
    2009 The Lovely Bones