autonomous

(ô-tŏn'ə-məs)
adj.

1. Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
2. Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
3. 1. Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
   2. Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
   3. Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
4. Autonomic.

[From Greek autonomos : auto-, auto- + nomos, law.]

autonomously au·ton'o·mous·ly adv.

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One of 12 criteria that must be met to account for a business combination as a pooling - of - interests . Autonomous means that a combining company must not have been a subsidiary or division of any other corporation within two years prior to the initia- tion date of the business combination. If a combining company is not autonomous, then the PURCHASE (ACCOUNTING) METHOD must be used.
The initiation date is the date that stockholders are notified in writing of an exchange offer.

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adjective

Having political independence: free, independent, self-governing, sovereign. See dependence/independence, free/unfree.

adj

Definition: independent
Antonyms: dependent, subject

IN BRIEF: adv. - Not controlled by others or outside forces.

Since he prefers to function autonomously, he is not a very good team member.

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existing or able to exist independently; used, e.g., of a tumour cell that is free of host control or of an episome or plasmid that replicates independently of the chromosome.

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For a list of words related to autonomous, see:

• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious

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See words rhyming with "autonomous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - autonom, selvstyrende, uafhængig

Nederlands (Dutch)
autonoom, zelfbestuurd

Français (French)
adj. - autonome

Deutsch (German)
adj. - autonom, unabhängig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυτόνομος

Italiano (Italian)
autonomo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - autônomo, independente, livre

Русский (Russian)
автономный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - autónomo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - självstyrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自治的, 自主的, 自治权的, 独立存在的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自治的, 自主的, 自治權的, 獨立存在的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자치의, 자율의, 독립한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自治の, 自主的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستقل, استقلالي, تلقائي, متمتع بالحكم الذاتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פועל באופן עצמאי, בעל שלטון עצמי, אוטונומי‬

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