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Self

noun
/sɛlf/
Word Frequency: 186.7

Definitions

1.nounOne individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
"one's true self; one's better self; one's former self"
2.nounThe subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
3.nounAn individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
4.nounSelf-interest or personal advantage.
5.nounIdentity or personality.
6.nounA seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
7.nounA flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
8.nounAny 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).
9.verbTo fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
10.verbTo fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
11.adjectiveHaving 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"
12.adjectiveSame, identical.
13.adjectiveBelonging to oneself; own.
14.adjectiveOf 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).
15.pronounHimself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
"This argument was put forward by the defendant self."
16.pronounMyself.
"I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat."

Synonyms

egosameself-realizationself-assessmentself-examinationsoul-searchingself-worthself-esteemself-respectself-careself-helpvoluntary

Antonyms

nonselfoutcross

Rhymes With

shelfmyselfrelieve oneselffind oneselfitselfice shelfdelphthemself
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