n.
1.the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
2.a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
3.the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.
4.the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions
5.a particular type of thing
Idiom of the Day
leading question
a question that suggests the kind of answer that you want to hear
The lawyer asked the man a leading question when he asked him about the money. The man did not know anything about the money.