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self

/sɛlf/

US pronunciation
American sound/sɛlf/
self
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1 syllable
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US voice -> self

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကိုယ်တိုင်

Full entry

self /self/ n (pl selves /selvz/)

၁။ (က) [U] (also the self [sing]) (fml ) အတ္တ။ ကိုယ်။ the conscious self ❍ a sense of self ❍ the search for self/one's inner self. (ခ) [C usu sing ] နဂို။ ပင်ကို။ မူလ။ He was not his usual cheerful self today. ❍ one's better self (ie one's good qualities) ❍ By doing that he showed his true self (ie what he is really like). ❍ She's her old self again (ie has returned to her normal behaviour, health, etc).
၂။ [U] ကိုယ်ကျိုး။ You always put self first. ❍ She has no thought of self (ie is always more concerned for other people).
၃။ [C] (commerce or rhet ) ကိုယ်တိုင်။ a cheque payable to self (ie to the person whose signature is on it) ❍ We look forward to seeing your wife and your good self (ie you).

self-comb form

(ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကိုယ်၊ မိမိကိုယ်ကို၊ မိမိ ဘာသာဟု အဓိပ္ပာယ်ရသော ရှေ့ဆက်)။ self-control ❍ self-addressed ❍ self-taught.

More examples
  • [sense of self] : Young babies do not have a fully developed sense of self.
  • All he ever thinks about is self.
Synonyms
personality, nature, character, identity, person, ascetic, autogenous, automatic, automatous, autonomic, autonomous, being, ego, egocentrism, endogenous, identical, individual, individuality, individualization, myself, narcissism, narcissistic, narcistic, oneself, own, personal, proprium, psyche, selfhood, subjective, substantive
Antonyms
other
Cross references
personalitynaturecharacteridentitypersonasceticautogenousautomaticautomatousautonomicautonomousbeingegoegocentrismendogenousidenticalindividualindividualityindividualizationmyselfnarcissismnarcissisticnarcisticoneselfownpersonalpropriumpsyche
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