ourselves
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Morphologically our + -selves.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aʊəˈsɛlvz/, /ɑːˈsɛlvz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/, /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlvz
Pronoun
[edit]ourselves (first personal plural pronoun, reflexive case of we)
- (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.
- (emphatic) We; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.
- We did it ourselves.
Synonyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- ourself (for the singular "we")
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]reflexive: us
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emphatic: we
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See also
[edit]English personal pronouns
Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.
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