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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

  • (..) somethin' like that. I have no idea what you're gonna ask me... so you can go ahead and ask me what you're gonna ask me... and my natural response could be to get offended. Then, through no fault of my own... - I would've broken my promise. - Let's just forget it. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction