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self

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

1 syllable
4 characters
English (US)
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self

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, self is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofself

1noun
  • One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.

    Example: "one's true self; one's better self; one's former self"

  • The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
  • An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
  • Self-interest or personal advantage.
  • Identity or personality.
  • A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
  • A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
  • Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
1verb
  • To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
  • To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
1adjective
  • Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.

    Example: "a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood"

  • Same, identical.
  • Belonging to oneself; own.
  • Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
1pronoun
  • Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

    Example: "This argument was put forward by the defendant self."

  • Myself.

    Example: "I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat."

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