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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
/ ʊəˈɛ /
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ourselves1
Example Sentences
“We don’t want to negotiate ourselves into a structural deficit,” Davenport said in an interview Monday.
“At S. Martinelli & Company, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence, and the health and safety of our customers remains our greatest priority,” the statement concluded.
"Loathe to give the band more publicity," said Alliance leader Naomi Long, "but as a community we need to start asking ourselves what messages we're sending out about the kind of future we want."
But the medicine didn’t take, or it was the wrong diagnosis, or we didn’t take care of ourselves and were reinfected.
We explore other worlds to know them and, in doing so, we discover more about ourselves.
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