self
US /sɛlf/
Definition
your consciousness of your own identity
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Training helps employees build self confidence and new skills.
Synonyms
- egoan inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- persona human being
- identitythe distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
Collocations
- Easy look at oneself in the mirrorto direct one's gaze or examine regarding at oneself in the mirror
- Medium show remarkable self confidence during presentationto display, demonstrate, or exhibit regarding remarkable self confidence during presentation
- Hard practice rigorous intellectual self disciplineto practice rigorous intellectual self discipline, meaning to carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- Very Hard lose one's true self in pursuit of ephemeral vanityto lose one's true self in pursuit of ephemeral vanity, meaning to fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.