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self
1[ self ]
noun
- a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
one's own self.
- a person's nature, character, etc.:
his better self.
- personal interest.
- Philosophy.
- the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.
- the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
adjective
pronoun
- myself, himself, herself, etc.:
to make a check payable to self.
verb (used with or without object)
- to self-pollinate.
self-
2- a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings “of the self ” ( self-analysis ) and “by oneself or itself ” ( self-appointed ); and with the meanings “to, with, toward, for, on, in oneself ” ( self-complacent ), “inherent in oneself or itself ” ( self-explanatory ), “independent” ( self-government ), and “automatic” ( self-operating ).
self-
1combining_form
- of oneself or itself
self-rule
self-defence
- by, to, in, due to, for, or from the self
self-respect
self-employed
self-inflicted
- automatic or automatically
self-propelled
self
2/ sɛlf /
noun
- the distinct individuality or identity of a person or thing
- a person's usual or typical bodily make-up or personal characteristics
she looked her old self again
- good self or good selves rare.a polite way of referring to or addressing a person (or persons), used following your, his, her, or their
- one's own welfare or interests
he only thinks of self
- an individual's consciousness of his own identity or being
- the selfphilosophy that which is essential to an individual, esp the mind or soul in Cartesian metaphysics; the ego
- a bird, animal, etc, that is a single colour throughout, esp a self-coloured pigeon
pronoun
- not_standard.myself, yourself, etc
seats for self and wife
adjective
- of the same colour or material See also self-coloured
a dress with a self belt
- obsolete.the same
Word History and Origins
Origin of self1
Word History and Origins
Origin of self1
Example Sentences
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
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