autonomous
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6.3
- adjective
- /ɔːˈtɒnəməs/
:
autónomo
- In reality, we may start to see some fully autonomous vehicles on certain roads.
- an autonomous region
- an autonomous state
- an autonomous municipality
There's at a certain point autonomous trucks are just robots.
- There's at a certain point autonomous trucks are just robots.
- We have to really get autonomous exploration down.
- They need to become separate autonomous people with self agency.
- And right now he's doing autonomous driving for for Uber.
- A really good example of that is autonomous taxi networks.
- And there there's even movements to ban autonomous weapon systems before the UN.
- So talk about the results of the research around autonomous vehicles and people of color.
- So it's an autonomous region within Iraq.
- Does that mean that we are non autonomous robots?
- And we're not raising independent, autonomous citizens.
Examples
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So it's an autonomous region within Iraq.
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Celeste felt alive, creative, and autonomous, in command of her own destiny.
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For older people, I see the autonomous vehicle as independence.
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Each person was an autonomous individual who expressed what they believed.
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It's fully autonomous and capable of modifying its external appearance.
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The trains are autonomous.
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The new policy allowed the region to become autonomous, with its own government and decision-making powers.
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She felt autonomous after moving out of her parents' house and starting her own career.
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In an autonomous society, individuals have the right to make their own choices without external control.
Synonyms
984
2.3
Not controlled by others
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7.0
Has full political independence from other countries
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4.5
Able to act and decide without help from others
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4.7
Able to make its own rules and run its own affairs without outside control
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5.2
Can adjust and control itself without outside help
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5.1
A person who decides and acts on their own without being told
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7.8
Able to act and make choices for oneself
Antonyms
Compounds
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How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Autonomous comes from Greek parts auto- 'self' and -nomos 'law'. Think of auto- like in automatic meaning 'self', so something autonomous makes its own rules and governs itself.