self-made

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [self meyd]
- /sɛlf meɪd/
- /self meɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [self meyd]
- /sɛlf meɪd/

Definitions of self-made word

adjective self-made having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man. 1
adjective self-made made by oneself. 1
adjective self-made independently successful 1
adjective self-made Self-made is used to describe people who have become successful and rich through their own efforts, especially if they started life without money, education, or high social status. 0
adjective self-made having achieved wealth, status, etc, by one's own efforts 0
adjective self-made made by oneself 0

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Origin of self-made

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15

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Parts of speech for Self-made

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Self-made

self-made popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.