natuur — meaning in English

English meaning

• kind noun A type or category of thing that shares common features with others.
• nature noun The physical world and everything in it — plants, animals, landscapes, and natural forces — as distinct from human-made things.

Senses

natuur is used for these senses in English:

• kind (archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
• nature (uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
• nature The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.

kind — full definition

1. noun A type or category of thing that shares common features with others.
2. adj Friendly, generous, and considerate toward others.

nature — full definition

1. noun The physical world and everything in it — plants, animals, landscapes, and natural forces — as distinct from human-made things.
2. noun A person or thing's essential character — the qualities that make them who or what they fundamentally are.
3. noun The general type or category something belongs to.

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