different between yourself vs ourself
yourself
English
Etymology
Equivalent to your +? -self.
Alternative forms
- yerself
- yo'self
- yoself
- Yourself (honorific)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA(key): /j???s?lf/
- (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA(key): /j??s?lf/
- (General American, strong) IPA(key): /j???s?lf/
- (General American, weak) IPA(key): /j??s?lf/
- Hyphenation: your?self
- Rhymes: -?lf
Pronoun
yourself (referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned, the reflexive case of you)
- (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
- Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
- You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
- You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
- After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
Translations
Derived terms
- hello yourself, and see how you like it
See also
yourself From the web:
- what yourself do
- what yourself love
- what's yourself in french
- what yourself sentence
- yourself what is the meaning
- yourself what in spanish
- yourself what rhymes
- yourself what does it mean
ourself
English
Etymology
From our +? -self.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??(?)?s?lf/, /??(?)?s?lf/
Pronoun
ourself
- The reflexive of the editorial or royal we: myself (as used by a writer or speaker who is referring to themself as we).
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Sketches of Young Gentlemen
- Without in any way committing ourself upon this point, we have merely to observe, that we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition […]
- 1838, Charles Dickens, Sketches of Young Gentlemen
- The reflexive of the generic we: oneself.
Usage notes
- The normal reflexive form of we is ourselves. This form can generally be used alternatively in the above cases, too.
Coordinate terms
- ourselves (plural)
Translations
Anagrams
- foulers, refouls
ourself From the web:
- what yourself
- what yourself love
- what does ourself mean
- what is ourself mean
- what does yourself
- what rhymes with yourself
- spelling of yourself
- what about yourself meaning
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