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# selfless

«selfless» in Mova's school dictionary: **A selfless person thinks about other people's needs and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (selfless; more selfless, most selfless)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A selfless person thinks about other people's needs and happiness more than their own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#m1)

2) A selfless act is something done to help others without wanting anything back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A word of ethics, stories and religious education: heroes, nurses, firefighters and saints are praised for selfless acts. It tells the reader a character puts others first. In assemblies and church, selfless love and service are taught as good things. Phrases: «a selfless act», «selfless love», «selfless service».

### examples

- The firefighter's selfless courage saved the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x1)
- Mum is selfless; she always gives us the bigger slice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x2)
- Giving your lunch to the hungry boy was a selfless thing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x3)
- Nurses did selfless work during the long winter of illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x4)
- Christians believe Jesus showed selfless love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x5)
- Her selfless help at the food bank was thanked in assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/selfless/#x6)

### note

The noun is «selflessness», the adverb «selflessly». Trap: the opposite is «selfish», not «selfful». Selfless does not mean having no self; it means not putting yourself first. Being selfless does not mean letting others hurt you.

### In the corpora

- [Seva means selfless service to others, and it is central in Sikhism.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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