semi-autonomous
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The Midland merged with the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway on July 1 1903, to form the Midland Railway (Northern Counties Commission). This semi-autonomous organisation became the LMS (NCC) after Grouping in 1923 and then, upon Nationalisation on January 1 1948, the Railway Executive (NCC). BR's ownership would be short-lived - it sold the NCC to the Ulster Transport Authority on April 1 1949."
Etymology
From semi- + autonomous.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more semi-autonomous (comparative)
most semi-autonomous (superlative)