Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nature of the beast

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: na-ture of the beast
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unchangeable nature of something.

Example Sentences

"In your pasture management program, you need to anticipate that goats will try to chew on just about anything; that's the nature of the beast."
"You need to roll with the punches; that's just the nature of the beast when you're doing a project like this one."
"This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]"
""A little slow, that's all; but that's the nature of the beast.""

Inflected Forms

the nature of the beast (canonical)

Phrases

human nature law of nature mark of the beast natural law different animal different beast red in tooth and claw

Frequently Paired Words

beastly human nature law of nature mark of the beast natural law different animal different beast red in tooth and claw

Questions

What does nature of the beast mean?: The unchangeable nature of something.

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