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self-explanatory

[ self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self- ]

adjective

  1. explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.


self-explanatory

adjective

  1. understandable without explanation; self-evident
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of self-explanatory1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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The title of the special “Lucky†feels self-explanatory given the life that you lead, at least the life people see.

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The former England international continued: "It's not always self-explanatory, you have to have a little bit of a delve in so you can find out what the stories mean."

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Long Beach officials settled on the self-explanatory “Backyard Builders Program,†hoping a partial solution to a dearth of affordable housing lies in the unused spaces of city homeowners’ property.

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The titles are self-explanatory - Low Self Esteem, People Pleaser, Some Things Don’t Last Forever - reflecting the chatty openness of her lyrics.

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Yet the collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday might have been avoided, some of the engineers said, if the piers were adequately equipped with blocking devices with a self-explanatory name: fenders.

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