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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.
Another definition is the organized body of knowledge concerning  the physical world, both animate and inanimate, and the attitudes  and methods through which this body of knowledge is formed..   Science is the systematic study of nature.