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# natural

«natural» in Mova's school dictionary: **made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (natural, more natural, most natural); noun (a natural — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Natural means made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural rock or natural light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#m1)

2) Natural also means normal or expected: «It's natural to feel nervous». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#m2)

3) Natural can mean not fake or pretended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#m3)

4) A natural is someone who is very good at something without trying hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#m4)

5) Natural history is the study of plants, animals and other living things in nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, natural materials (wood, wool, stone, cotton) come from nature, while man-made ones (plastic, nylon) are made by people; natural resources include water, soil and oil. Natural disasters are earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. In maths, the natural numbers are the counting numbers 1, 2, 3, … (some books also include 0). In feelings lessons, it is natural to feel sad, angry or scared sometimes. Phrases: natural world, natural disaster, natural numbers, natural resources, naturally.

### examples

- Wood is a natural material; plastic is not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x1)
- It's natural to feel nervous before a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x2)
- An earthquake is a natural disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x3)
- The room has lots of natural light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x4)
- Natural numbers are the numbers we count with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x5)
- She's a natural at swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x6)
- Just smile and be natural for the photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x7)
- Rivers and mountains are natural features. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/#x8)

### note

Opposite: unnatural, artificial or man-made. Adverb: naturally, which also means «of course». «Natural» does not always mean safe: poisonous mushrooms and snake venom are natural too.

### In the corpora

- [Photographing children and animals from their eye level makes the picture feel closer and more natural.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/13/)
- [Many zoos have stopped tricks like ball balancing and show natural behaviour instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/8/)
- [Alfred Russel Wallace came up with the same idea of natural selection at the same time as Darwin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/278-evolution-why-giraffes-really-have-long-necks/11/)
- [Alice sits with her face in her hands, wondering if anything will ever happen in a natural way again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/8/)
- [Our noses sense particular molecules; natural gas has no smell, so companies add a smelly chemical to make leaks noticeable.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «natural» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/natural/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.