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English
Prepositional phrase
in one's own right
- As a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or status, rather than that of another.
His parents are wealthy, but he is a millionaire in his own right.
"Quarrelous" isn't a misspelling of "querulous" but a word in its own right.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 100:Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.
Translations
as a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or state
- Catalan: per mèrits propis
- Finnish: omasta ansiostaan
- French: à part entière (fr)
- German: auf Grund eigener Begabung, aus eigener Kraft, aus eigenem Recht, eigenständig (de), selber (de), eigen (de)
- Hungarian: saját jogán
- Polish: w sobie
- Portuguese: por si só (pt)
- Russian: и сам по себе (i sam po sebe)
- Slovak: zaslúžene, vlastnou zásluhou
- Spanish: por sí mismo, por sus propios méritos, por derecho propio, por méritos propios
- Turkish: kendi başına (tr), kendi kendine (tr)
- Welsh: yn ei rinwedd ei hun
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