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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024selves /sɛlvz/USA pronunciation n. - pl. of self.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024selves (selvz),USA pronunciation n. - pl. of self.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: selves /sɛlvz/ n - the plural of self
- (in combination): ourselves, yourselves, themselves
self /sɛlf/USA pronunciation n. and pron., pl. selves, adj. n. [countable] - a person or thing referred to apart from others:one's own self; the knowledge of self.
- one's usual nature, etc.:his better self.
- personal interest;
one's own pleasure, wants, etc., without concern for others:always thinking of self.
pron. - myself, herself, etc.:to make a check payable to self.
adj. - being the same throughout;
uniform.
self-, prefix. - self- is attached to nouns to refer to something that one does by oneself or to oneself:self-control (= control of oneself);self-government;self-help.
- self- is also attached to adjectives and nouns to refer to an action done without assistance:self-adhesive;a self-loading gun;self-study.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024self (self ),USA pronunciation n., pl. selves, adj., pron., pl. selves, v. n. - a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:one's own self.
- a person's nature, character, etc.:his better self.
- personal interest.
- Philosophy
- the ego;
that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc. - Philosophythe uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
adj. - being the same throughout, as a color;
uniform. - Clothingbeing of one piece with or the same material as the rest:drapes with a self lining.
- Immunologythe natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system (contrasted with nonself ).
- [Obs.]same.
pron. - myself, himself, herself, etc.:to make a check payable to self.
v.t., v.i. - to self-pollinate.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English self, selfa; cognate with Dutch zelf, German selb-, Old Norse sjalfr, Gothic silba
- a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings "of the self '' (self-analysis) and "by oneself or itself '' (self-appointed);
and with the meanings "to, with, toward, for, on, in oneself '' (self-complacent), "inherent in oneself or itself '' (self-explanatory), "independent'' (self-government), and "automatic'' (self-operating).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: self /sɛlf/ n ( pl selves /sɛlvz/)- the distinct individuality or identity of a person or thing
- a person's usual or typical bodily make-up or personal characteristics: she looked her old self again
- one's own welfare or interests: he only thinks of self
- an individual's consciousness of his own identity or being
- a bird, animal, etc, that is a single colour throughout, esp a self-coloured pigeon
pron - not standard myself, yourself, etc: seats for self and wife
adj - of the same colour or material
- obsolete the same
Etymology: Old English seolf; related to Old Norse sjālfr, Gothic silba, Old High German selb |