Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject)
action and judgment existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies" of political bodies; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state
In the grammar of Celtic languages: (of a verb form) used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject)
An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else. They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province. = independent
agents are proactive, goal-directed and act on their own performing tasks on your behalf without necessarily requiring user initiation, confirmation, and notification
Describes a self-contained system that carries out programs or performs tasks without outside control by acquiring, processing and acting on environmental information
An autonomous person makes their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else. He treated us as autonomous individuals who had to learn to make up our own minds about important issues. = independent. adj. Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia Mexico National Autonomous University of Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang
autonomously
Hyphenation
au·ton·o·mous·ly
Turkish pronunciation
ôtänōmısli
Pronunciation
/ˌôˈtänōməslē/ /ˌɔːˈtɑːnoʊməsliː/
Etymology
[ o-tä-n&-m&s ] (adjective.) 1800. Greek autonomos independent, from aut- + nomos law; more at NIMBLE.