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Ourselves
/aʊəˈsɛlvz/
(reflexive pronoun) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
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- 1
(reflexive pronoun) 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."
- 2
We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.
"We did it ourselves."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ourselves"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alone | By oneself, solitary. |
| creatingnoun | creation |
| evenverb | Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. |
| herself | — |
| himself | — |
| itself | — |
| oneself | — |
| oursnoun | — |
| personally | Concerning oneself. |
| saaminoun | Alternative spelling of Sami. [A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.] |
| saminoun | A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland. |
| themnoun | (stylized in all lowercase) a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, the third in her "Wonderland Quartet" following A Garden of Earthly Delights and Expensive People and preceding Wonderland. |
| themselvesnoun | Themselves, previously known as Them, is an American hip hop duo based in Oakland, California. |
| unsnoun | Initialism of Unified numbering system. |
| yourself | — |
| yourselves | — |
| ourselfnoun | — |
| selfnoun | One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition. |
| individually | As individuals, separately, independently. |
| usnoun | (rare) Alternative form of u's. |
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