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themselves
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ð?m?s?lvz/, /ð?m?s?lvz/
- Hyphenation: them?selves
Pronoun
themselves (personal pronoun)
- The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
- (reflexively):
- (after a preposition):
- (for emphasis):
- The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
- (reflexively):
- (after a preposition):
- (for emphasis):
- 1611, King James Bible, Philippians 2.3:
- Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:themselves.
Usage notes
- Regarding the use of singular themselves (as opposed to themself or e.g. himself), see the usage notes about they, themself, and he, respectively.
Synonyms
- theirselves (nonstandard)
- (singular): themself (non-gender-specific), theirself (non-gender-specific, but nonstandard), himself, herself (gender-specific)
Translations
See also
themselves From the web:
- themselves meaning
- themselves what does it mean
- themselves what is meaning in hindi
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- what they themselves
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ourselves
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /a???s?lvz/, /???s?lvz/
Pronoun
ourselves (first personal plural pronoun, reflexive case of we)
- (reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
- We should keep this for ourselves.
- (emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.
- We did it ourselves.
Synonyms
- usself (obsolete or dialectal)
- weself (Jamaican)
Coordinate terms
- ourself (for the singular "we")
Translations
See also
ourselves From the web:
- ourselves meaning
- what's ourselves in french
- ourselves what does it mean
- what to ourselves in passion we propose
- what does ourselves mean
- what we ourselves
- what is ourselves in a sentence
- what rhymes ourselves
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