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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
George Borrow

Meaning of "selfsame" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELFSAME

selfsame  [ˈsɛlfˌseɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELFSAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Selfsame is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELFSAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of selfsame in the English dictionary

The definition of selfsame in the dictionary is the very same.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELFSAME


aim
eɪm
became
bɪˈkeɪm
blame
bleɪm
came
keɪm
claim
kleɪm
dame
deɪm
fame
feɪm
filename
ˈfaɪlˌneɪm
first-name
ˌfɜːstˈneɪm
flame
fleɪm
frame
freɪm
game
ɡeɪm
name
neɪm
nickname
ˈnɪkˌneɪm
proclaim
prəˈkleɪm
same
seɪm
Sejm
seɪm
shame
ʃeɪm
surname
ˈsɜːˌneɪm
username
ˈjuːzəˌneɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELFSAME

self-willed
self-winding
self-worship
self-worth
selfdom
selfheal
selfhood
selfie
selfish
selfishly
selfishness
selfism
selfist
selfless
selflessly
selflessness
selfness
selfsameness
selfward
selfwards

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELFSAME

all the same
be to blame
brand name
domain name
file name
first name
full name
Hall of Fame
in the frame
just the same
last name
madame
Notre Dame
open sesame
perfect game
sesame
Suriname
the same
to-name
video game

Synonyms and antonyms of selfsame in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «selfsame» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELFSAME

Find out the translation of selfsame to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of selfsame from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «selfsame» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

正当那
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mismísima
570 millions of speakers

English

selfsame
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عينه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сей самый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesmíssima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠিক একই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

même
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セルフセイム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼭 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

selfsame
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதுவேயான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंतोतंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tıpkı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

selfsame
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

selfsame
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Того саме
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

selfsame
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακριβώς το ίδιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

precis samma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvsamme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of selfsame

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELFSAME»

The term «selfsame» is normally little used and occupies the 125.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELFSAME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about selfsame

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2 QUOTES WITH «SELFSAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word selfsame.
1
George Borrow
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
2
Smedley Butler
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELFSAME»

Discover the use of selfsame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to selfsame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Phenomenology of Spirit (The Phenomenology of Mind)
The self-identical repels itself from itself, and the self-discordant sets up to be selfsame. In truth only with a determination of this kind is distinction inner distinction, or immanent distinction, when the like is unlike itself, and the unlike like itself.
Georg W. F. Hegel, 2004
2
The Minstrel with the Selfsame Song: And Other Poems...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles August Fisher, 2012
3
Country Path Conversations
Guide: All the same, whether there is such a thing or not, if there is, it is what we have already considered and assigned the name, “the selfsame.” ScientiSt: The selfsame, and what the selfsame is, is what is purely and simply undoubtable.
Martin Heidegger, 2010
4
Summa Theologica, Volume 5 (Part III, Second Section & ...
And the variation of iccidental forms does not make a difference )f identity. Therefore the selfsame body will ise again, since the selfsame matter is resumed is stated in a previous reply {ad 2). SECOND ARTICLE Whether It Will Be Identically ...
St Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, 2013
5
The Essential Augustine
GOD IS THE SELFSAME* Let the remainder of the text remove all doubt, for 5.5. we should not take a carnal meaning of: "Jerusalem which is built as a city; of which His participation is in the selfsame." So now, brethren, whoever lifts up the  ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Vernon Joseph Bourke, 1974
6
The Believer's Guide to Bible Chronology
Another indication thatthe Israelites spent a full430 years in Egypt hasbeen found inthe words “this selfsame day” in Exodus 12:41. We there read: “And at the end of the 430 years, on this selfsame day, all the host of the Lord went out from the ...
Charles Ozanne, 2011
7
Baker and Milsom Sources of English Legal History: Private ...
... are deposited within those inns so that no damage in any wise befalls such guests through the fault ofthe selfsame innkeepers or their servants: certain wrongdoers took and led away a certain horse belonging to the selfsame A., worth 40s., ...
‎2010
8
Chorology: On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus
“Taking these three beings,” he blended them, mixing the nature of the same (the nature that is selfsame, the ¤rst kind) and the nature of the different (the second kind) with the being yielded by the previous blending (the third kind, in the ...
John Sallis, 1999
9
A Room of His Own: In Search of the Feminine in the Novels ...
5. Irigaray, Speculum of the Other Woman, 26. Luce Irigaray describes the symbolic construction of Western metaphysics as a development of the economy of the masculine selfsame in which textual representations of both genders reflect this ...
Gloria L. Cronin, 2001
10
Gothic Forms of Feminine Fictions
As this Other within the male subject is that very feminine he has always devalued/negated/killed, he cannot embrace that difference within himself and goes on to externalise/negate/kill this Other in favour of the Selfsame. Externalising can be ...
Susanne Becker, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELFSAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term selfsame is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ascott Residence Trust's Latest Earnings: What Investors Should Know
Revenue per available unit (RevPAU) was S$129 for the reporting quarter, down 6% from the selfsame figure of $137 that was recorded in the second quarter ... «The Motley Fool Singapore, Jul 15»
2
Brüssow was never out of it, says Meyer
It is those selfsame injuries — to other loose forwards — that have now opened the door. But it has to be noted in the case of Brüssow, that Meyer eschewed the ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
3
Soilbuild Business Space REIT's Latest Earnings: Stable Growth …
Meanwhile, the REIT's average all-in interest cost stands at 3.49% currently, a noticeable increase from the selfsame figure of 3.08% that was reported a year ... «The Motley Fool Singapore, Jul 15»
4
Chippa coach Sikhakhane red-hot favourite to win this season's …
The hapless coach is now in his fifth spell as head coach and the selfsame Mpengesi has relieved him of his duties so many times that he surely no longer ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
5
Dan Pfeiffer: Dems Want a Camera on Trump '24/7'
Pfeiffer also wondered how the GOP could act so surprised at Trump's statements, given that he was just playing to a nativist base riled up by that selfsame party. «Mediaite, Jul 15»
6
Le Monde: a Paris referendum with Greek dressing
And at Le Monde last week the selfsame reprise saw Fenoglio installed. Democracy, schmedocracy… No wonder Alexis Tsipras's increasing use of his favourite ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd's Latest Earnings: What's Next After A 84 …
The selfsame figures a year ago were US$174 million, US$79 million, and US$95.5 ... of 0.29; a year ago, the selfsame ratios were 1.60 and 0.22 respectively. «The Motley Fool Singapore, May 15»
8
Elon Musk is sick of inventors pitching him the next big thing in …
... and no more perfect thing could be desired by stock swindlers than that very selfsame thing. … Just as soon as a man gets working on the secondary battery, ... «Quartz, May 15»
9
Where to Next for SPH REIT? Part 2
By comparison, the selfsame figure over the same duration for the SPDR STI ETF (SGX: ES3), a proxy for the market benchmark the Straits Times Index (SGX: ... «The Motley Fool Singapore, Apr 15»
10
latest ASER findings are a call to action against failing Indian school …
The 2014 edition of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) narrates the selfsame tragedy of the Indian school system failing Indian children that earlier ... «Economic Times, Jan 15»

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