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autonomous

[ aw-ton-uh-muhs ]

adjective

  1. Government.
    1. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only.
    2. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
  2. having autonomy; not subject to control from outside; independent:

    a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit.

  3. (of a machine, device, etc.) able to operate with little or no human control or intervention:

    an autonomous vehicle.

  4. Biology.
    1. existing and functioning as an independent organism.
    2. growing naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation.


autonomous

/ ɔːˈtɒnəməs /

adjective

  1. (of a community, country, etc) possessing a large degree of self-government
  2. of or relating to an autonomous community
  3. independent of others
  4. philosophy
    1. acting or able to act in accordance with rules and principles of one's own choosing
    2. (in the moral philosophy of Kant, of an individual's will) directed to duty rather than to some other end Compare heteronomous See also categorical imperative
  5. biology existing as an organism independent of other organisms or parts
  6. a variant spelling of autonomic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • auˈtonomously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • au·ton·o·mous·ly adverb
  • non·au·ton·o·mous adjective
  • non·au·ton·o·mous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of autonomous1

First recorded in 1790–1800; from Greek autónomos “with laws of one's own, independent,” equivalent to auto- auto- 1 + nóm(os) “law, custom” + -os adjective suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of autonomous1

C19: from Greek autonomos living under one's own laws, from auto- + nomos law
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Example Sentences

We firmly believe in the future of autonomous mobility as a safe and cost-effective form of transportation with a vast addressable market.

The future of transportation is on-demand autonomous vehicles traveling on roads and highways, providing riders with better, faster, and cheaper, point-to-point service.

Yet as the broader industry shifts toward more niche use cases for autonomous technology, some industry executives are left wondering about the divide between Aurora’s big ambitions and the current state of its product.

From Ozy

The company started using its fleet of autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans to map Texas and New Mexico roads in January.

Another group of companies are working on autonomous drones to solve “last mile” delivery of packages.

From Fortune

Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.

New York cannot be personified; it is not an autonomous entity.

Any Miss America contestant who betrays herself to be a sexually autonomous being will be quickly sent packing.

Our aim is that one day the mission will be autonomous, but we have a long way to go to reach that.

Following his time on the Iraqi High Tribunal, he became the minister of justice in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region.

As for the autonomous cities of Asia, they must acquire their freedom by his free grace, not by an injunction from Rome.

But streets demand all shades of verbal expression (from the non-existing up to the autonomous creature).

To be strictly accurate, the significance of the -ness is not quite as inherently determined, as autonomous, as it might be.

Thus, a new movement begins; the passive attitude of the soul gives way to an autonomous attitude and movement.

He found a group of professional schools, each more or less autonomous, and he transformed it into a University.

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