natural curiosity

collocation in English

meaningsofnaturalandcuriosity

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natural
adjective
uk
/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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curiosity
noun
uk
/ˌkjʊə.riˈɒs.ə.ti/us
/ˌkjʊr.iˈɑː.sə.t̬i/
an eager wish to know or learn ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandcuriosityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Composers usually seem to be led to analysis of other people's works in order to see how they are constructed - anaturalcuriosityand a great source of ideas.
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It is not "naturalcuriosity" to try to know to what extent one's country is being shamefully let down.
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The aim is rather to turn to good account thenaturalcuriosityof children born in a scientific age.
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There seems to be an extraordinary absence ofnaturalcuriosityfrom clinicians about causation.
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However, children and young people have anaturalcuriosityabout things scientific.
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In my opinion, it is vital that thisnaturalcuriosityof a child should be satisfied.
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I wish to ask a simple question out ofnaturalcuriosity.
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It will be part of theirnaturalcuriosity.
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The evidence from the inspectors is that in the best nursery schools and classes, teachers build on children'snaturalcuriosityand appetite for new experience.
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There is thenaturalcuriosity—the curiosity of any animal to wonder what is round the corner.
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She simply has thenaturalcuriositywhich many of us have had in the past.
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There is a verynaturalcuriosityas to what this is likely to mean in that area.
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I am merely saying that the media, in theirnaturalcuriosityand to feed our curiosity, provide stories that lead—and mislead—people in all sorts of different directions.
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Thenaturalcuriositythat children have about people, places, plants, animals and materials around them perhaps will be taken advantage of if the suggestions are followed through.
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Teachers should excite anaturalcuriosityin youngsters.
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Anaturalcuriosityis felt to hear the maiden speech of the young lawyer!
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With regard to the public dissection, he commented that children tended to have anaturalcuriosity, provided that everything was well explained.
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Naturalcuriosityand domestic misfortunes were, he tells us, his motives for traveling.
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The site is preserved as anaturalcuriosity, hosting a gift shop, a sand museum, and a farm museum.
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When children are very young, they havenaturalcuriosityabout the world, trying diligently to figure out what is real.
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