for+itself

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• for itself — phrasal 1. of a being : capable of functioning especially in the epistemological process purely by relation to itself : self determined 2. of a notion : related to itself or its own manifestations …   Useful english dictionary

• pay for itself — phrase if something that you have bought pays for itself, it allows you to save as much money as you paid when you bought it A more efficient machine would pay for itself within a year. Thesaurus: relating to making profitsynonym Main entry: pay… …   Useful english dictionary

• something speaks for itself — (something) speaks for (itself) something does not need explanation. Her behavior speaks for itself, and it doesn t matter what anyone else thinks about it. Is the experiment a success? I think the numbers speak for themselves. Usage notes: often …   New idioms dictionary

• speaks for itself — (something) speaks for (itself) something does not need explanation. Her behavior speaks for itself, and it doesn t matter what anyone else thinks about it. Is the experiment a success? I think the numbers speak for themselves. Usage notes: often …   New idioms dictionary

• speak for itself — phrase if something speaks for itself, it is clearly so good or effective that no additional argument about it is necessary His success as a lawyer speaks for itself. Thesaurus: to be good enough or as good as expectedsynonym Main entry: speak *… …   Useful english dictionary

• let (something) speak for itself — let (something) speak for itself/themselves speak for itself/themselves if something speaks for itself, it does not need any explanation. The book offers no analysis of Bonnard s work, it just lets the paintings speak for themselves …   New idioms dictionary

• pay for itself — ► if something pays for itself, it works so well that it saves the same amount of money that it cost: »The renewable energy system will have paid for itself within ten years. Main Entry: ↑pay …   Financial and business terms

• speak for itself — speak for itself/themselves if something speaks for itself, it does not need any explanation. I m not going to talk about our business successes. I think the report speaks for itself …   New idioms dictionary

• being in-itself/for-itself — A contrast heralded in the phenomenology of Husserl and Heidegger, and central to Sartre s work Being and Nothingness . Being for itself (pour soi ) is the mode of existence of consciousness, consisting in its own activity and purposive nature;… …   Philosophy dictionary

• pay for itself — if something that you have bought pays for itself, it allows you to save as much money as you paid when you bought it A more efficient machine would pay for itself within a year …   English dictionary

• speak for itself — if something speaks for itself, it is clearly so good or effective that no additional argument about it is necessary His success as a lawyer speaks for itself …   English dictionary