Standard Lemma guide

NAT

adj · adv · name · noun · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /næt/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: gnat
  • rhymes with -æt
  • /nɑːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːt
  • CMU ARPABET: N AE1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable, slang

Qualifier: roleplaying games

Topics: dice, games

Examples

  • After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.

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2

adv

Meaning 2

Not.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

name

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of National Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

name

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

name

Meaning 5

Initialism of National Achievement Test.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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6

name

Meaning 6

A unisex given name.

A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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7

name

Meaning 7

A unisex given name.

A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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8

name

Meaning 8

A unisex given name.

A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia.

Nickname for Natsuki from the video game Doki Doki Literature Club!.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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9

name

Meaning 9

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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10

noun

Meaning 10

Initialism of nucleic acid test.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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11

noun

Meaning 11

Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Acronym of network address translator (“device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Negative automatic thoughts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A member or supporter of the Australian National Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australian, informal, slang

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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15

noun

Meaning 15

A member or supporter of the New Zealand National Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: New-Zealand, informal, slang

Topics: government, politics

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16

noun

Meaning 16

A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal, slang

Topics: government, politics

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17

noun

Meaning 17

A member or supporter of the National Party of South Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-African, dated, informal, slang

Topics: government, politics

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18

noun

Meaning 18

A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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19

noun

Meaning 19

A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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20

noun

Meaning 20

Clipping of natatorium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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21

noun

Meaning 21

Clipping of nationalist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

Clipping of natural.

Reduced form of naught.

Borrowing from Burmese နတ် (nat).

Abbreviation of natural logarithm.