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self-sufficient — ˌself sufˈficient adjective providing all the things that are needed without help from outside: • A more self sufficient region in Asia would be better able to provide its own raw materials and markets. self sufficient in • We are trying to make… … Financial and business terms
Self-sufficient — Self suf*fi cient, a. 1. Sufficient for one s self without external aid or co[ o]peration. [1913 Webster] Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self sufficient, and such as can never need … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-sufficient — also self sufficient, 1580s, from SELF (Cf. self) + SUFFICIENT (Cf. sufficient). Related: Self sufficiently … Etymology dictionary
self-sufficient — self suf ficient adj able to provide all the things you need without help from other people ▪ a self sufficient farm self sufficient in ▪ Australia is 65% self sufficient in oil. >self sufficiency n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
self-sufficient — self sufficiency, n. self sufficiently, adv. /self seuh fish euhnt, self /, adj. 1. able to supply one s own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self sufficient. 2. having extreme confidence in one s… … Universalium
self-sufficient — [adj] able to take care of oneself arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one’s own thing*, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one’s own, out for number one*, self confident, self dependent, self… … New thesaurus
self-sufficient — [self′səfīs′iŋself′sə fish′ənt] adj. having the necessary resources to get along without help; independent: also self sufficing [self′səfīs′iŋ] self sufficiency n … English World dictionary
self-sufficient — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to satisfy one s basic needs without outside help, especially with regard to the production of food. 2) emotionally and intellectually independent. DERIVATIVES self sufficiency noun … English terms dictionary
self-sufficient — index autonomous (independent), insular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
self-sufficient — 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If a country or group is self sufficient, it is able to produce or make everything that it needs. This enabled the country to become self sufficient in sugar... Using traditional methods poor farmers can be virtually … English dictionary
self-sufficient — adjective providing all the things you need without help from outside: In those days the farm was largely self sufficient. self sufficiency noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
