Definition of self-taught in English:
self-taught
adjective ˌsɛlfˈtɔːtˈˌsɛlf ˈtɔt
Having acquired knowledge or skill on one's own initiative rather than through formal instruction or training.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is a self-taught musician, which makes his life path and progressions that much more implausible.
- His knowledge is mostly self-taught and is the result of his passion for wine as a hobby.
- The only credentials they had to open a business were their self-taught skills.
- Because he was always painting at the outer limits of his ability, as self-taught artists must do, he never progressed in the traditional way.
- In a country largely without formal higher education, they were self-taught thinkers.
- There is the very real input from self-taught artists in the developing world.
- A self-taught artist, Paul is introducing more abstract landscapes into this exhibition.
- He is a self-taught artist who began to develop his artistic skills at a very early age.
- It was years before the self-taught artist found his own style - and recognition.
- He is a self-taught architect with no degree or professional training in architecture.
- A self-taught artist, it was in 1997 that he first started wielding the brush.
- Many of the artists who use the library are self-taught and make use of the books to develop their skills.
- Because he could not afford full-time training, he was mainly self-taught as an artist.
- Kent is a self-taught artist who for 10 years has been developing his own unique style of work by sculpting green wood with a chainsaw.
- As a drummer he was self-taught and never took lessons.
- They had become self-taught sailors on the lake, teaching themselves the necessary skills and knots.
- He was a self-taught, spare-time artist who supported himself by working for thirty-nine years in a bank.
- Yes, I am completely self-taught, though not particularly well!
- Their predecessors were also inspired by the work of self-taught artists but did not often acknowledge their influence.
- He was one of the greatest self-taught artists Trinidad has produced.
Definition of self-taught in US English:
self-taught
adjectiveˈˌself ˈtôtˈˌsɛlf ˈtɔt
Having acquired knowledge or skill on one's own initiative rather than through formal instruction or training.
a self-taught graphic artist
Example sentencesExamples
- They had become self-taught sailors on the lake, teaching themselves the necessary skills and knots.
- He is a self-taught musician, which makes his life path and progressions that much more implausible.
- Many of the artists who use the library are self-taught and make use of the books to develop their skills.
- Yes, I am completely self-taught, though not particularly well!
- As a drummer he was self-taught and never took lessons.
- Their predecessors were also inspired by the work of self-taught artists but did not often acknowledge their influence.
- His knowledge is mostly self-taught and is the result of his passion for wine as a hobby.
- It was years before the self-taught artist found his own style - and recognition.
- Because he was always painting at the outer limits of his ability, as self-taught artists must do, he never progressed in the traditional way.
- The only credentials they had to open a business were their self-taught skills.
- Kent is a self-taught artist who for 10 years has been developing his own unique style of work by sculpting green wood with a chainsaw.
- There is the very real input from self-taught artists in the developing world.
- A self-taught artist, Paul is introducing more abstract landscapes into this exhibition.
- A self-taught artist, it was in 1997 that he first started wielding the brush.
- He is a self-taught artist who began to develop his artistic skills at a very early age.
- Because he could not afford full-time training, he was mainly self-taught as an artist.
- He was one of the greatest self-taught artists Trinidad has produced.
- He is a self-taught architect with no degree or professional training in architecture.
- He was a self-taught, spare-time artist who supported himself by working for thirty-nine years in a bank.
- In a country largely without formal higher education, they were self-taught thinkers.