"self-explanatory" meaning in English

See self-explanatory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more self-explanatory [comparative], most self-explanatory [superlative]
Etymology: From self- + explanatory. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|explanatory}} self- + explanatory Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-explanatory (comparative more self-explanatory, superlative most self-explanatory)
  1. Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself. Translations (explaining itself): очевиден (očeviden) (Bulgarian), itsestään selvä (Finnish), itsensä selittävä (Finnish), évident (French), qui se passe d’explication (French), qui va de soi (French), selbsterklärend (German), selbstverständlich (German), מוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו (muván me'eláv) [masculine] (Hebrew), nyilvánvaló (Hungarian), kézenfekvő (Hungarian), egyértelmű (Hungarian), magától értetődő (Hungarian), autoesplicativo (Italian), intuitivo (Italian), oczywisty (Polish), zrozumiały samo przez się (Polish), autoexplicativo [masculine] (Portuguese), говоря́щий (govorjáščij) (Russian), самоочеви́дный (samoočevídnyj) (Russian), я́сный (jásnyj) (Russian), autoexplicativo [masculine] (Spanish), evidente (Spanish), intuitivo [masculine] (Spanish)
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          "sense": "explaining itself",
          "word": "qui se passe d’explication"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "explaining itself",
          "word": "qui va de soi"
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          "word": "selbsterklärend"
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          "sense": "explaining itself",
          "word": "kézenfekvő"
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          "word": "egyértelmű"
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          "sense": "explaining itself",
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          "sense": "explaining itself",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "explaining itself",
          "word": "oczywisty"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "zrozumiały samo przez się"
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "word": "מוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו"
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
      "word": "intuitivo"
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
      "word": "oczywisty"
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
      "word": "zrozumiały samo przez się"
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "word": "autoexplicativo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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      "sense": "explaining itself",
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