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Feb 18 04 12:16 PM
Quote:natural ['ntʃrəl, -tʃərəl]adjective1 of, existing in, or produced by natureexample: natural scienceexample: natural cliffs 2 in accordance with human natureexample: it is only natural to want to be liked 3 as is normal or to be expected; ordinary or logicalexample: the natural course of events 4 not acquired; innateexample: a natural gift for sport 5 being so through innate qualitiesexample: a natural leader 6 not supernatural or strangeexample: natural phenomena 7 not constrained or affected; genuine or spontaneous 8 not artificially dyed or colouredexample: a natural blonde 9 following or resembling nature or life; lifelikeexample: she looked more natural without her make-up 10 not affected by man or civilization; uncultivated; wildexample: in the natural state this animal is not ferocious 11 illegitimate; born out of wedlock 12 not adopted but rather related by bloodexample: her natural parents 13 (Music) a not sharp or flat b [postpositive] denoting a note that is neither sharp nor flatexample: B natural c (of a key or scale) containing no sharps or flatsCompare: flat1 [23], sharp [12] 14 (Music) of or relating to a trumpet, horn, etc., without valves or keys, on which only notes of the harmonic series of the keynote can be obtained 15 determined by inborn convictionexample: natural justiceexample: natural rights 16 (Cards) a (of a card) not a joker or wild card b (of a canasta or sequence) containing no wild cards c (of a bid in bridge) describing genuine values; not conventional 17 based on the principles and findings of human reason and what is to be learned of God from nature rather than on revelationexample: natural religion
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