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selfless [adjective]

Someone who is selfless only thinks of other people's advantage

US

/ˈself.ləs/

UK

/ˈself.ləs/

Example:

selfless devotion to duty

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

selfless

self‧less /ˈselfləs/ BrE AmE adjective
caring about other people more than about yourself – used to show approval:
selfless devotion to their work

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

selfless

self·less [selfless selflessly selflessness] [ˈselfləs] [ˈselfləs] adjective
thinking more about the needs, happiness, etc. of other people than about your own
• a life of selfless service to the community

Opp: selfish

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

selfless / ˈself.ləs / adjective approving

Someone who is selfless only thinks of other people's advantage:

selfless devotion to duty

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

selfless

/selfləs/

If you say that someone is selfless, you approve of them because they care about other people more than themselves.
Perhaps the only all-enduring and selfless love was that of a mother for her child.

ADJ [approval]

• self‧less‧ly
I’ve never known anyone who cared so selflessly about children.

ADV

• self‧less‧ness
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.

N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

selfless

self·less /ˈsɛlfləs/ adj [more ~; most ~] : having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself
• a selfless act
• selfless dedication/devotion/love

American English

British English

virtue and moral good

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

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