How to spell nature

hear itna·ture/'neɪʧər/nounLong vowels

What it means: The physical world, including plants, animals, and landscapes.

In a sentence: The forest is full of wonderful things in nature.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as natrue or natur.

Same family: natural, naturally, naturalist, naturalism, supernatural. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "nature" comes from Latin "natura," which originally meant "birth" or "character" and is related to "natus," meaning "born." Over time, its meaning expanded to include the whole natural world and the way things are by their very character.

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