autonomous
IPA: ɔtˈɑnʌmʌs
adjective
- Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
- Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
- (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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Examples of "autonomous" in Sentences
- The autonomous challenge is the major event.
- The autonomous status of the region was abolished.
- Desired result is an autonomous diagnosing stethoscope.
- The autonomous power of the local church is highly valued.
- The force is planned by the government of the Autonomous City.
- The village is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
- Devolution of powers and the creation of the autonomous communities.
- It is the highest distinction of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
- It is the capital of the region and of the Autonomous Province of Trento.
- It is the capital of the region and of the Autonomous Province of Allie o.