autonomous

autonomous
adj.
VERBS
be
become
ADVERB
completely, entirely, fully
essentially, largely
partially
fairly, relatively
PREPOSITION
from

Higher education is relatively autonomous from the government.

Autonomous is used with these nouns: ↑existence, ↑individual, ↑province, ↑region, ↑republic, ↑zone

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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