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self

UK/ˈsɛlf/ US/ˈsɛf/ common
noun (2) adjective (2)

noun

1.

your consciousness of your own identity

Synonyms
2.

a person considered as a unique individual

  • “one”

adjective

1.

combining form; oneself or itself

  • “self-control”
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2.

used as a combining form; relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self

  • “self-knowledge”
  • “self-proclaimed”
  • “self-induced”

Origin

From Middle English salve, self, silf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”). Cognates Cognates with Saterland Frisian sälven, säärm, sääuwen (“oneself”), West Frisian sels (“oneself”), Bavarian söbe (“identical, same”), söber (“self”), Dutch zelf (“myself, oneself”), German selber (“self”), selbst (“by oneself”), Luxembourgish selwer (“self”), Yiddish זעלב (zelb, “same”), Danish selv (“self”), Elfdalian siuov (“self”), Faroese sjálvur (“self”), Icelandic sjálfur (“self”), Norwegian Bokmål selv, Norwegian Nynorsk sjølv, Swedish själv (“self”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰 (silba, “self”).

Phrases

  • note to self
  • self goal
  • shadow of one's former self

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