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self-standing

adj

Etymology

From self- + standing. Compare Dutch zelfstandig (“independent”), German selbstständig (“independent, self-reliant”).

  1. derived from *standaną✻ — “to stand”
  2. inherited from *standandz✻ — “standing”
  3. inherited from standende
  4. inherited from standynge
  5. prefixed as self-standing — “self + standing”

Definitions

  1. Standing or existing by one's own (or something's own) power, ability or competence

    Standing or existing by one's own (or something's own) power, ability or competence; not reliant on others; independent.

  2. Lacking affixes

    Lacking affixes; being a stem.

    • a self-standing word

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-standing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA