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self

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[ self ]

noun

plural selves
  1. a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:

    one's own self.

  2. a person's nature, character, etc.:

    his better self.

  3. personal interest.
  4. Philosophy.
    1. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.
    2. the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.


adjective

  1. being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
  2. being of one piece with or the same material as the rest:

    drapes with a self lining.

  3. Immunology. the natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system ( nonself ).
  4. Obsolete. same.

pronoun

plural selves.
  1. myself, himself, herself, etc.:

    to make a check payable to self.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to self-pollinate.

self-

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  1. a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings 鈥渙f the self鈥娾 ( self-analysis ) and 鈥渂y oneself or itself鈥娾 ( self-appointed ); and with the meanings 鈥渢o, with, toward, for, on, in oneself鈥娾 ( self-complacent ), 鈥渋nherent in oneself or itself鈥娾 ( self-explanatory ), 鈥渋ndependent鈥 ( self-government ), and 鈥渁utomatic鈥 ( self-operating ).

self-

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combining_form

  1. of oneself or itself

    self-rule

    self-defence

  2. by, to, in, due to, for, or from the self

    self-respect

    self-employed

    self-inflicted

  3. automatic or automatically

    self-propelled

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

self

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/ 蝉蓻濒蹿 /

noun

  1. the distinct individuality or identity of a person or thing
  2. a person's usual or typical bodily make-up or personal characteristics

    she looked her old self again

  3. good self or good selves rare.
    a polite way of referring to or addressing a person (or persons), used following your, his, her, or their
  4. one's own welfare or interests

    he only thinks of self

  5. an individual's consciousness of his own identity or being
  6. the self
    philosophy that which is essential to an individual, esp the mind or soul in Cartesian metaphysics; the ego
  7. a bird, animal, etc, that is a single colour throughout, esp a self-coloured pigeon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pronoun

  1. not_standard.
    myself, yourself, etc

    seats for self and wife

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of the same colour or material See also self-coloured

    a dress with a self belt

  2. obsolete.
    the same
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of self1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English self, selfa; cognate with Dutch zelf, German selb-, Old Norse sjalfr, Gothic silba; akin to Irish 蹿茅颈苍, Latin su墨, s膿
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of self1

Old English seolf; related to Old Norse 蝉箩腻濒蹿谤, Gothic silba, Old High German selb
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鈥淓verything had burned, ever since that night at the Institut,鈥 Bertie reflects as the flames lick at images of his happier self.

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鈥淧sychedelics can cause radical changes in a person鈥檚 core sense of self and their beliefs about themselves,鈥 Healy told Salon in a phone interview.

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If I avoid looking into a mirror and take a bite, I am my nineteen year old self 鈥 sun bleached locks framing my face, leaner and more muscular 鈥 always somewhere close to a water鈥檚 edge.

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Then, as Joe tries and fails to whittle away at Bront毛鈥檚 sense of self in a bid to regain her affections, he realizes that he has lost control.

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With age, she has only become more of her true self in that way.

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