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autonomous

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "autonomous" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
10 characters
English (US)
2syllables

autonomous

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

autonomous is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, autonomous is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofautonomous

1adjective
  • 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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