1. имя существительное [множественное число] selves 1) а) собственная личность, своё "я" Например: my own / very self — я сам, моё "я" Young babies do not have a fully developed sense of self. — У младенцев не очень развито ощущение своего "я". б) личность, характер, сущность, склад натуры Например: Sid was not his usual smiling self. — Сид, против своего обыкновения, не улыбался. Howard was beginning to feel like his old self again. — Говард снова становился самим собой. 2) [используется в разговорной речи] эгоистические интересы Например: It's always self, self, self! You never think of anyone else! — Всё время "я", "я", "я"! Ты никогда не думаешь ни о ком, кроме себя! 3) [британский вариант английского языка] сам, лично (в деловой документации) Например: cheque drawn to self — чек, выписанный на себя your good selves — Вы (в деловых письмах) Например: self comes first, self before all — своя рубашка ближе к телу to be a shadow / ghost of one's former self — быть тенью себя самого (не таким жизнерадостным, весёлым или здоровым, как прежде) 2. прилагательное а) сплошной, однородный, несмешанный (о цвете, материале) б) одноцветный (о цветке)
I. pronoun Etymology: Middle English (intensive pronoun), from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, intensive pronoun, and probably to Latin suus one's own — more at suicide myself, himself, herself Example: a check payable to self II. adjective 1. obsolete identical, same 2. obsolete belonging to oneself; own 3. a. having a single character or quality throughout; specifically having one color only Example: a self flower b. of the same kind (as in color, material, or pattern) as something with which it is used Example: self trimming III. noun (plural selves) 1. a. the entire person of an individual b. the realization or embodiment of an abstraction 2. a. (1) an individual's typical character or behavior Example: her true self was revealed (2) an individual's temporary behavior or character Example: his better self b. a person in prime condition Example: feel like my old self today 3. the union of elements (as body, emotions, thoughts, and sensations) that constitute the individuality and identity of a person 4. personal interest or advantage 5. material that is part of an individual organism Example: ability of the immune system to distinguish self from nonself IV. verb transitive verb 1. inbreed 2. to pollinate with pollen from the same flower or plant intransitive verb to undergo self-pollination
A small, dynamically typed object-oriented language, based purely on prototypes and delegation. Self was developed by the Self Group at Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. and Stanford University. It is an experimental exploratory programming language. Release 2.0 introduces full source-level debugging of optimised code, adaptive optimisation to shorten compile pauses, lightweight threads within Self, support for dynamically linking foreign functions, changing programs within Self and the ability to run the experimental Self graphical browser under OpenWindows. Designed for expressive power and malleability, Self combines a pure, prototype-based object model with uniform access to state and behaviour. Unlike other languages, Self allows objects to inherit state and to change their patterns of inheritance dynamically. Self's customising compiler can generate very efficient code compared to other dynamically-typed object-oriented languages.