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ourselves
[ ahr-selvz, ouuhr-, ou-er- ]
plural pronoun
- a reflexive form of we (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the direct object of a preposition):
We are deceiving ourselves. Give us a moment to ourselves.
- (used as an intensive with we ):
We ourselves would never say such a thing.
The children and ourselves thank you kindly. When it satisfies ourselves, it will be ready to market. The ones who really want the new system are the manager and ourselves.
How many parents are as fortunate as ourselves? No one loves skiing more than ourselves. Nobody heard it but ourselves.
- our customary, normal, or healthy selves:
After a good rest, we're almost ourselves again.
ourselves
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pronoun
- the reflexive form of we or us
- (intensifier)
we ourselves will finish it
- preceded by a copula our usual selves
we are ourselves when we're together
- not_standard.used instead of we or us in compound noun phrases
other people and ourselves
Usage Note
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ourselves1
Example Sentences
We consider ourselves on the harder end of electronic music, and we’re quite pure in what we what we do, even though it’s quite mixed up.
“So it's gonna impact student behavior and the workload for the teacher. The students might not get one-on-one assistance like they used to get if we have to spread ourselves thinner and thinner.â€
"It was quite overwhelming because we'd never really let ourselves imagine what it would be like for her to be here," she says.
"The water has reached 1.5 metres high. We have just managed to save ourselves, the rest is trapped in our homes," Christophe Bola who lives in the Ndanu area told the AFP news agency.
"We think we do enough no-notice inspections to reassure ourselves in the cases where the data is worrying," she adds.
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