Meaning

5 senses
  1. Governing itself independently.

    an autonomous territory

    autonom

    автоно́мныйavtonómnyj

    автоно́мнийavtonómnyj

  2. Of or relating to a territory that governs itself independently.

  3. Sentient; self-aware.

  4. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

    самостоя́тельныйsamostojátelʹnyj

    самості́йнийsamostíjnyj

  5. Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

More definitions
  • (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
  • existing as an independent entity
  • (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

Examples

29 sentences
  1. It's an autonomous car.

    Це безпілотний автомобіль.

    ruЭто автомобиль с системой автоматического управления.

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  2. Bacteria replicate in an autonomous fashion.

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  3. Welcome to the next generation of autonomous vehicles.

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  4. Another possible innovation is an autonomous flying machine.

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  5. Thankfully, the autonomous car detected the obstruction and avoided a collision.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
self-governing — see also independent, autonomic:
acting on one's own:
Русский
By meaning 2
self-governing — see also independent, autonomic:
acting on one's own:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
self-governing — see also independent, autonomic:

Forms

more autonomous, most autonomous
Comparativemore autonomous Lesson
Superlativemost autonomous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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