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self S2 W3
plural selves
plural selves1 [countable usually singular] the type of person you are, your character, your typical behaviour etc
be/look/feel (like) your old self (=be the way you usually are again, especially after having been ill, unhappy etc) 
Jim was beginning to feel like his old self again.
Jim was beginning to feel like his old self again. somebody's true/real self (=what someone is really like, rather than what they pretend to be like) Peter was the only one to whom she showed her true self.
Peter was the only one to whom she showed her true self.2 someone's idea that they are a separate person, different from other people : a child's developing sense of self
somebody's sense of self
a child's developing sense of self4 [uncountable]B a word written in business letters, on cheques etc meaning yourself : a cheque written to self
a cheque written to self
