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natural

n. countable
A1 Beginner Oxford US //ˈnætʃɝəɫ// UK //nˈætʃəɹəl// nat·u·ral Archaic Dialect General-service Informal Slang

n. someone who is naturally good at a specific skill or activity without needing much practice. You use this when a person seems to have been born with a talent.

n. a person having an innate talent or aptitude for a particular activity or field. Often used with the preposition 'at'.


SIMPLE

She is a natural at playing the piano.

CONTEXTUAL

I was nervous about my first public speech, but my teacher told me I was a natural on stage.

COMPLEX

While most students struggled with the complex logic of the new software, he proved to be a natural, navigating the interface as if he had designed it himself.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -al.

Usage

Commonly follows the pattern 'a natural at [activity/noun]'.

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