The self

Definition

self /self/ n ( pl selves /selvz/) ၁။ (က) [U] (also the self [sing]) ( fml ) အတၱ။ ကိုယ္။ the conscious self ❍ a sense of self ❍ the search for self/one's inner self. (ခ) [C usu sing ] နဂို။ ပင္ကို။ 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] ကိုယ္က်ဳိး။ You always put self first. ❍ She has no thought of self (ie is always more concerned for other people). ၃။ [C] ( commerce or rhet ) ကိုယ္တိုင္။ 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 (ကိုယ့္ကိုယ္ကိုယ္၊ မိမိကိုယ္ကို၊ မိမိ ဘာသာဟု အဓိပၸာယ္ရေသာ ေရွ႕ဆက္)။ self-control ❍ self-addressed ❍ self-taught.

Examples

1. [sense of self] : Young babies do not have a fully developed sense of self.
2. All he ever thinks about is self.