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autonomously

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɔːˈtɒnəməsli/


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
au•ton•o•mous /ɔˈtɑnəməs/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Governmentself-governing:an autonomous republic.
  2. Governmentable to act on one's own;
    independent:With your own business you will be autonomous.
au•ton•o•mous•ly, adv. See -nom-1.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
au•ton•o•mous  (ô tonə məs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Government
    • self-governing;
      independent;
      subject to its own laws only.
    • pertaining to an autonomy.
  2. Governmenthaving autonomy;
    not subject to control from outside;
    independent:a subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit.
  3. Biology, Ecology
    • existing and functioning as an independent organism.
    • spontaneous.
  • Greek autónomos with laws of one's own, independent, equivalent. to auto- auto-1 + nóm(os) law, custom + -os adjective, adjectival suffix
  • 1790–1800
au•tono•mous•ly, adv. 

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