A Word A Day : autonomous





Saturday, 5th July 2008 : Today's Word is ...


autonomous :




Definition :

adjective :

acting independently



usage :

  • The West Coast office of the law firm was quite autonomous. It never asked the East Coast office for permission before it did anything.

  • An autonomous nation is one that is independent-it governs itself. It is said to have autonomy.

  • To act autonomously is to act on your own authority. If something happens autonomously, it happens all by itself.

  • a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit



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