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Herself
/hɜːˈsɛlf/
(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
📖 Definitions of "Herself"
- 1
(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
"She injured herself."
- 2
She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.
"She was injured herself."
- 3
The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
"Have you seen herself yet this morning?"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Herself"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| actualnoun | Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. |
| himself | — |
| isenoun | A city in Mie Prefecture, Japan. |
| maganoun | Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood. |
| oneself | — |
| ourselves | the eleventh studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, released by Warner and Mars on August 13, 2010. |
| ownverb | Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence. |
| personally | Concerning oneself. |
| samanoun | A surname. |
| tispnoun | Acronym of Technology and Innovation for Smart Publishing |
| turnverb | To make a non-linear physical movement. |
| yourself | — |
| shenoun | A female. |
| femalenoun | Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. |
| girlnoun | A female child. |
| womannoun | An adult female human. |
| ladynoun | (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human. |
| hernoun | (informal) A female person or animal. |
| damenoun | (British) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. |
| madamnoun | A polite form of address for a woman or lady. |
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