self-sufficient
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌsɛlf səˈfɪʃənt/
:
autosuficiente
- After several years, she became self-sufficient and no longer relied on her parents for financial support.
- become self-sufficient
- self-sufficient in production
- independent and self-sufficient
But he knows that I'm very self-sufficient and don't need much from anyone.
- But he knows that I'm very self-sufficient and don't need much from anyone.
- And then the question would be, well, why would he if he's totally self-sufficient?
- We're pretty much debt free and that is a big step to becoming self-sufficient.
- Nambia's health system is increasingly self-sufficient.
- Like the idea that no matter what, even though you have a great I'm, I'm guessing you have such a great team, but you can rely on yourself and be self-sufficient.
- I think they require people who are independent, self-sufficient, people who are able to self regulate and self soothe, who are commutative.
- So the smart comp nations are going to be as self-sufficient as they can be.
Examples
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My goal is that we could get these clients to become self-sufficient, productive citizens here and just free of their past lives.
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Is not the family, for example, self-sufficient without the village, state, or church?
Academic text (2008) -
One day, we hope to be entirely self-sufficient here, but it's early days yet, right Jackson?
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Six parents also wrote that their children were noticeably more independent, self-sufficient, and secure within themselves after camp.
Academic text (1994) -
Clearly, we share the State's interest in the law-abiding and self-sufficient qualities of our fellow citizens.
Academic text (1996) -
In 1970, for example, Japan was virtually 100% self-sufficient in seafood production and supply.
Academic text (1994) -
Corn was the main crop, but the land was not fertile enough for them to be self-sufficient.
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The community worked hard to become self-sufficient by growing their own food and generating their own power.
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Living in the mountains gave him a self-sufficient lifestyle, where he learned to depend on his skills for survival.
Synonyms
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4.3
Complete and independent without needing anything else to work
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4.5
Able to act and decide without help from others
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5.7
Able to keep working without help from others
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3.9
Has enough money to live without help from others
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5.3
Able to continue to work or live without help from others
Able to provide for yourself without help from others
A country that is politically or economically independent and meets its own needs
Economically self-sufficient without relying on imports
A country or economy that makes what it needs and does not rely on imports
Antonyms
How Self-Sufficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-sufficient = sufficient (transparent) = self + sufficient
Built from the productive combining form 'self-' + the adjective 'sufficient', yielding the clear meaning 'able to provide for oneself'.
Etymology
Self-sufficient joins self ('by yourself') and sufficient ('enough'), so it is like saying 'enough on your own'. That's why someone or something described as self-sufficient can provide for itself and does not need help from others.