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Webster 1913 Edition


Autonomous

Au-ton′o-mous

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] self + [GREEK] to assign, hold, sway.]
1.
Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
2.
(Biol.)
Having independent existence or laws.

Webster 1828 Edition


Autonomous

AUTON'OMOUS

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Adj.
[Infra.] Independent in government; having the right of self government.

Definition 2024


autonomous

autonomous

English

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autonomous

  1. Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, Governing independently.
  2. Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
  3. (Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).

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  • autonomous area
  • autonomous navigation