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self-taught

self-taught adjective: educated or trained by oneself.

Adjective

self-taught (comparative more self-taught, superlative most self-taught)

  1. Educated or trained by oneself.
    • It's this understanding of Quality as revealed by stuckness which so often makes self-taught mechanics so superior to institute-trained men who have learned how to handle everything except a new situation.1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, →ISBN

self-taught meaning in Tamil

self-taught in Tamil

தற்கல்விமுறையான, தனக்கு தானே, கற்பித்துக்கொண்ட

Forms of self-taught

comparativemore self-taught
superlativemost self-taught

Origin of self-taught

From self- + taught.

Questions about self-taught

What does self-taught mean?
Self-taught means educated or trained by oneself.
What is self-taught in Tamil?
Self-taught in Tamil is தற்கல்விமுறையான, தனக்கு தானே, கற்பித்துக்கொண்ட. See Self-taught meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-taught?
Self-taught is an adjective.

Words near self-taught in the dictionary

  1. self-talk
  2. self-tanner
  3. self-tapping
  4. self-tapping screw
  5. self-tapping screws
  6. self-taught
  7. self-terminate
  8. self-terminated
  9. self-terminates
  10. self-terminating
  11. self-test

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-taught (page history and authors); self-taught (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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