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Definition: Self-possessed |
Self-possessedAdjective1. In full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "self-possessed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Synonyms: Self-possessedSynonyms: collected (adj), equanimous (adj), poised (adj), self-collected (adj), self-contained (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Caution | Unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed; overcautious. |
Resolution | Adjective: resolved; Verb: determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute; (brave); self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking; firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi; inflexible; (hard); obstinate; steady; (persevering) a. |
Sanity | Self-possessed; sober, sober-minded. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Self-possessed |
| English words defined with "self-possessed": collected, collectedly, composed, composedly ♦ equanimous ♦ self-collected, self-contained. (references) |
| "Self-possessed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Self-possessed" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "self-possessed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | beheers (composed, control, govern, know how, restrain, restrained, rule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 沉着 (Aplomb, sedate, sedated, sedately). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beheerst (composed, restrained). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sinrega (composed, restrained). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maltillinen (calm, collected, level-headed, moderate, sober), levollinen (calm, composed, unperturbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | magán uralkodni tudó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 泰然 (calm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいぜ"じじゃくたる (imperturbable), たいぜ" (ambition, calm, complete works, encyclopedia, meeting, opposite shore, the Buddha's great vow, your face), ゆうよう (calm, helpful, useful), じじゃく (composed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 각자 소 하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feayr-chooishagh (apathetic, frigid, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, languid, phlegmatic, unfeeling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elf-possessedsay хладнокровный (coldblooded, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, collected, cool, cool-headed, sang-froid, self possessed, self-collected, sober-blooded), выдержанный (ripe, seasoned, self contained), имеющий самообладание (self possessed). (various references) dueño de sí mismo (composed, restrained, self possessed, self-composed). (various references) bình tĩnh (collected, composed, cool-headed, level-headed, self-collected, steady, unruffled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-l-o-p-s-s-s-s-s" | |
-4 letters: possessed, possesses. | |
-5 letters: seedless. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 66 2D 70 6F 73 73 65 73 73 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100110 00101101 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110011 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l f - p o s s e s s e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0066 002D 0070 006F 0073 0073 0065 0073 0073 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371787215828185857185857170 |
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