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self

//ˈsɛlf//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
selves

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
self
past (v2)
selfed
past participle (v3)
selfed
present participle
selfing
3rd person singular
selfs

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.

  2. 2.The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.

  3. 3.An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

  4. 4.Self-interest or personal advantage.

Pronoun

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

  1. 1.Myself, oneself.(humorous)

    • I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To fertilize by the same strain; to inbreed.

  2. 2.To fertilize by the same individual; to self-fertilize or self-pollinate.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 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.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1944

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Uncommon
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

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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