ourselves
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ourselves
- /aʊəˈsɛlvz/ UK
- /ɑːˈsɛlvz/ UK
- /wɐˈsɛlz/ Northumbria
- /wəˈsɛlz/ Northumbria
- /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ US
- /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/ US
Rhymes with -ɛlvz
Where it comes from
Morphologically our + -selves.
pronoun case of we
- 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.
- Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included. We did it ourselves.
- Referring to everyone being addressed. Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.
- Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself. Coordinate term: nurse's we
