in the nature of things

English

Prepositional phrase

in the nature of things

The ordinary or expected course of events.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: asian luonne (usually with kuulua + illative)
French: ordre des choses (fr), nature des choses
Polish: w gruncie rzeczy
Romanian: în natura lucrurilor f

See also

ex rerum natura

Further reading

“the nature of things”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“in the nature of things”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“in the nature of things” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
“in the nature of things” (US) / “in the nature of things” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

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