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- [self tawt]
- /sɛlf tɔt/
- /self tɔːt/
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- [self tawt]
- /sɛlf tɔt/
Definitions of self-taught word
- adjective self-taught taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist. 1
- adjective self-taught learned by oneself: a self-taught mastery of the guitar. 1
- adjective self-taught having learnt sth by yourself 1
- adjective self-taught If you are self-taught, you have learned a skill by yourself rather than being taught it by someone else such as a teacher at school. 0
- adjective self-taught having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction 0
- adjective self-taught having taught oneself through one's own efforts; self-educated 0
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Origin of self-taught
First appearance:
before 1715 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1715-25
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Parts of speech for Self-taught
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
self-taught popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% 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.
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