Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.

    a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood

    a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour

  2. Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).

  3. (obsolete)Same, identical.

    self-coloured

  4. (obsolete)Belonging to oneself; own.

More definitions
  • (used as a combining form) relating to — of or by or to or from or for — the self

Examples

1215 sentences
  1. Tom claims he shot Mary in self-defense.

    Том стверджує, що стріляв у Мері в якості самооборони. — deniko

    ruТом утверждает, что стрелял в Мэри в целях самозащиты. — marafon

    deTom behauptet, er habe Maria aus Notwehr erschossen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. You should learn self-defense.

    Тобі слід навчитися самозахисту. — deniko

    ruТебе нужно научиться самозащите. — Wezel

    deDu solltest Selbstverteidigung lernen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The lower your self-esteem, the more you tend to focus on negative things.

    Чим нижча твоя самооцінка, тим більше ти схильний концентруватися на негативі. — deniko

    ruЧем ниже ваша самооценка, тем больше вы склонны концентрироваться на негативных вещах. — villard85

    deJe niedriger das Selbstwertgefühl, desto mehr gibt man sich mit negativen Sachen ab. — raggione

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  4. I'm very self-conscious.

    Я дуже сором'язливий. — deniko

    ruЯ очень стеснительный. — Olya

  5. The cafeteria was self-service.

    У кафетерії було самообслуговування. — Walentinio

    ruВ кафетерии было самообслуживание. — Walentinio

    deIn der Cafeteria war Selbstbedienung. — ayu

Origin

From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germ

From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”).

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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedselfbow

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in self defense
  • self conscious
  • self defense
  • is self conscious
  • self inflicted
  • acted in self
  • his usual self
  • self centered
  • self esteem
  • self made man
  • self confidence
  • has no self

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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