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self-taught
[ self-tawt ]
/ ˈsɛlfˈtɔt /
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adjective
taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
learned by oneself: a self-taught mastery of the guitar.
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Origin of self-taught
First recorded in 1715–25
Words nearby self-taught
self-sustaining, self-talk, self-tanning, self-tapping, self-tapping screw, self-taught, self-tender, self-test, self-torment, self-to-self, self-treatment
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British Dictionary definitions for self-taught
self-taught
adjective
having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction
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