Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-educate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
self--e-d-u-cate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To learn or study without the direction of a teacher.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From self- + educate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

self-educates (present, singular) self-educating (participle, present) self-educated (participle, past) self-educated (past)

Phrases

self-education

Questions

What does self-educate mean?
To learn or study without the direction of a teacher.
Where does self-educate come from?
From self- + educate.

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