itself
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itself
- /ɪtˈsɛlf/ Canada, US, UK
- /ɪtˈself/ Australia
- /ɪtˈsɛl/ Northumbria
Rhymes with -ɛlf
Where it comes from
From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.
pronoun it · himself · herself · themself · themselves · it self
- it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).
- it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate The door itself is quite heavy.
- it; used to refer back to an earlier subject The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.
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