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View synonyms for autonomously

autonomously

[ aw-ton-uh-muhs-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a way that is self-governing or free of outside control; independently:

    The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and without supervision.

  2. with little or no human control or intervention:

    We have developed a service robot that operates autonomously, in concert with a network of devices in its environment.

  3. Biology.
    1. as an independent organism:

      Viruses, on the boundary between living and nonliving, cannot autonomously reproduce but require the biochemistry and structure of a host cell.

    2. naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation:

      They organized a work day to get rid of the plants growing wildly, autonomously, and unwantedly all around the building.



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