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# autonomy

«autonomy» in Mova's school dictionary: **The right of a group, region or country to govern itself** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (autonomy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The right of a group, region or country to govern itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#m1)

2) Being able to make your own choices and act independently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In civics and history: some regions have autonomy within a country (Scotland, Greenland). In growing up and ethics: children gain autonomy. In technology: self-driving cars have autonomy. Phrases: «a degree of autonomy».

### examples

- Greenland has autonomy within Denmark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x1)
- Teenagers want more autonomy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x2)
- The robot has autonomy to choose its path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x3)
- Scotland has autonomy over its schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x4)
- Giving pupils autonomy helps them learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x5)
- The region fought for autonomy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: autonomous. Said «aw-TON-o-mee».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «autonomy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/autonomy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.