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self-determine

self-determine verb: to make one's own decisions without outside interference.

Verb

self-determine (third-person singular simple present self-determines, present participle self-determining, simple past and past participle self-determined)

  1. To make one's own decisions without outside interference.

Forms of self-determine

third-person singular presentself-determines
present participleself-determining
past participleself-determined
pastself-determined

Origin of self-determine

From self- + determine.

Questions about self-determine

What does self-determine mean?
Self-determine means to make one's own decisions without outside interference.
What part of speech is self-determine?
Self-determine is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-determine?
The past tense of self-determine is self-determined.

Words near self-determine in the dictionary

  1. self-destructively
  2. self-destructiveness
  3. self-destructs
  4. self-determinant
  5. self-determination
  6. self-determine
  7. self-determined
  8. self-determines
  9. self-determining
  10. self-determinism
  11. self-determinist

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