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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 9 votes)Rate this definition: 1  nature(noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. it is the nature of fire to burn; the true nature of jealousy. 2  nature(noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.
Meaning inherent, dominating power or impulse of a person or thing is from c.1386. Contrasted with art since 1704. Nature and nurture have been contrasted since 1874.Nature should be avoided in such vague expressions as 'a lover of nature,' 'poems about nature.'.