Collocations for "self"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "self" in context.
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self
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n as adj
- self- [service, defense, storage, catering, study, sacrifice]
- a self-portrait of the [actress, artist, painter]
- has [low, high] self-esteem
- has a [good, poor] self-image
- has [good] self-confidence
- is (very) self- [conscious, aware]
- is self- [built, contained, employed]
- a self-made [millionaire, woman, man, tycoon]
- a (stamped,) self-addressed envelope
- his [better, kind, usual, true, cheerful] self
- my [own, good] self
- [find, be, discover, reveal] your true self
- was back to her [usual, old] self (again)
- [seems, appears] to be his usual [kind, mean] self
- note to self: [go, do, finish, don't]
- [knowledge, discovery, sense] of self
- [worship, praise, punish] the self
'self' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a shell
- abuse
- acceptance
- accountant
- achievement
- addressed
- affect
- air
- appreciation
- arrogant
- assessment
- assurance
- assured
- aware
- bandage
- beating
- blade
- blemish
- blow
- bouncing
- catering
- checkout
- cleaning
- compliment
- confidence
- conscious
- damage
- defense
- delusion
- dessert
- development
- discipline
- driven
- driving
- echo
- employed
- envelope
- esteem
- evaluation
- evident
- flour
- fragile
- gain
- ghost
- good
- guardian
- harm
- healing
- image
- inner