YOURSELF Definition & Meaning

yourself

[ yoor-self, yawr-, yohr-, yer- ]

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plural yourselves

(an emphatic appositive of you or ye ¹ ):
a letter you yourself wrote.
a reflexive form of you (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition):
Don't blame yourself. Did you ever ask yourself “why”? You can think for yourself.
Informal. (used in place of you, especially in compound subjects, objects, and complements):
Ted and yourself have been elected. We saw your sister and yourself at the game. People like yourselves always feel like that.
(used in absolute constructions):
Yourself having so little money, how could they expect you to help?
your normal or customary self:
You'll soon be yourself again.
(used in place of you after as, than, or but ):
scholars as famous as yourselves; a girl no older than yourself.
oneself:
The surest way is to do it yourself.

yourself

/ jɔːˈsɛlf; jʊə- /

1. the reflexive form of you
2. (intensifier)
  you yourself control your destiny
preceded by a copula your normal or usual self
you're not yourself these days

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Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; your, self

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I’m wondering if you have any thoughts yourself as an academic.

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"If you buy fish and chips it's usually £10," he says - adding that cooking yourself is not much cheaper.

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What did you see yourself doing at 48?

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“You just kind of stretch yourself in ways that you didn’t know that you could.”

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“Usually when you get yourself in over your head, credit card debt is usually the first thing that gets tossed by the wayside.”

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