SELF-SUFFICIENT


Meaning of SELF-SUFFICIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈfi-shənt ]

adjective

Date: 1592

1. : able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid : capable of providing for one's own needs

a self-sufficient farm

2. : having an extreme confidence in one's own ability or worth : haughty , overbearing

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.