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Meaning of do it yourself | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.
    uncountable
  2. The habit or approach of doing something for oneself, rather than for example buying a prepared product.
    attributive, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Català bricolatge
Deutsch heimwerken mach es selbst Selbermachen
Esperanto memfarado
Español bricolage (brikolash) bricolaje hacerlo sí mismo
Suomi älä luule lukkari, että pappi virren alkaa itsetekeminen tee-se-itse
Français bricolage
Bahasa Indonesia swakriya
Italiano fai da te
Polski majsterkowanie
Português faça por si mesmo faça você mesmo
Русский самоде́льничество сделай сам
Svenska gör-det-själv själv är bästa dräng
Türkçe kendin yap

Examples

“THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. By O. S. Nock. Ian Allan. 30s. [...] One scarcely imagined, for example, that the great steel works at Crewe owed its existence to Sir Richard Moon's penchant for the principle of "Do it yourself", a principle born of a methodical, economical and far-seeing mind.”
“The relationship between punk's do-it-yourself philosophy and the music industry, along with fashion suppliers, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

do loop Do me do more harm than good do one do one's bit do over

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