Meaning

19 senses
  1. Existing in nature.

    Existing in the nature of a person or thing; innate, not acquired or learned.

    existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation

  2. Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature.

    The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed.

  3. As expected; reasonable, normal; naturally arising from the given circumstances.

    It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays.

    His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime.

    есте́ственныйjestéstvennyj, натура́льныйnaturálʹnyj

    натура́льнийnaturálʹnyj

  4. Formed by nature; not manufactured or created by artificial processes.

    (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

  5. Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc.

    She died of natural causes.

  6. Having an innate ability to fill a given role or profession, or display a specified character.

  7. Designating a standard trigonometric function of an angle, as opposed to the logarithmic function.

  8. Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.

  9. Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮.

    There's a wrong note here: it should be C natural instead of C sharp.

    (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone

  10. Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives.

    Natural food is healthier than processed food.

  11. Pertaining to a decoration that preserves or enhances the appearance of the original material; not stained or artificially coloured.

  12. Pertaining to a fabric still in its undyed state, or to the colour of undyed fabric.

Examples

978 sentences
  1. This car runs on natural gas.

    Цей автомобіль працює на природньому газі.

    ruЭтот автомобиль работает на природном газе.

    deDieses Auto fährt mit Gas.

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  2. Australia is rich in natural resources.

    Австралія багата природними ресурсами.

    ruАвстралия богата природными ресурсами.

    deAustralien ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen.

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  3. China is rich in natural resources.

    Китай багатий на природні ресурси.

    ruКитай богат природными ресурсами.

    deChina ist reich an natürlichen Ressourcen.

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  4. The country is rich in natural resources.

    Країна багата на природні ресурси.

    ruСтрана богата на природные ресурсы.

    deDieses Land ist reich an Rohstoffen.

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  5. It is quite natural for her to get angry.

    Для неї досить природньо злитися.

    deEs ist ganz natürlich, dass sie ärgerlich ist.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of or relating to nature:
without additives:
Русский
By meaning 2
that exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem:
without additives:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of or relating to nature:
of colour: almost white:
without adjustment:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Lat

Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -al.

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Forms

more natural, most natural
Comparativemore natural Lesson
Superlativemost natural Lesson

regular

Synonyms

120 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • being talented through inherited qualities:borninnate
  • (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes:rawrude
  • unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct:instinctive
  • free from artificiality:lifelike
  • (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related:biological

Antonyms

85 antonyms

Word family

104 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • natural resources
  • in natural resources
  • our natural resources
  • natural hair color
  • a natural blonde
  • is a natural
  • of natural causes
  • died of natural
  • natural blonde
  • natural causes
  • natural hair

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
natural — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto