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Definition of ourself in English: ourselfpronoun aʊəˈsɛlf 1first person plural Used instead of ‘ourselves’ typically when ‘we’ refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people. reflexive we must choose which aspects of ourself to express to the world emphatic this is our affair—we deal with it ourself Example sentencesExamples - He's driven by principles and values and his duty as he sees it under our Constitution to protect ourself.
- He enabled us to believe in ourself as smart people who could defend our opinions, and gave us the conviction that our opinions were worth defending.
- We can change our moods ourself if we believe it.
- We pretty much have this helicopter all to ourself.
- We go to highschool and struggle through years of trying to be accepted, trying to impress people, wanting to be with the right crowds and do the right things, trying to make a name for ourself.
- Well, I guess the situation that we find ourself in now is not necessarily the situation I'm going to find myself in when retirement comes.
- I think we've got to be engaged ourself in the process, not just turn it over to the Europeans to do.
- We are going to restrict ourself to the crimes.
- We have rights to defend ourself and our people.
- But here again, Lou, I hope that if that passes, that we don't pat ourself on the back and say we've fixed the problem, because clearly we have not.
- And I'm saying, we've got to start testing that and asking ourself, is that true or is it just something we're telling ourselves?
- So, we could really have sold our shrimp boat last year and we built it ourself and it was kind of hard to do so we kept it.
- First of all it's Ohio this time - and more importantly, we've got ourself a Senator with some backbone.
- And then we had convinced ourself we can do a family show.
- It happened that after two years of us being there, we found ourself in the right time at the right place.
- I made the case why we shouldn't have to pay as much as we are paying, and that the part of the problem we can solve ourself we are solving.
- We have resigned ourself to the hand that geography and history has dealt our people.
- That's who we have to price ourself against in Europe.
- And yet, despite that fact, we still find ourself on a fiscal trajectory that is probably unsustainable.
- We have to make sure the fundamental due protections are given in order for us to, number one, to be true to ourself, but number two, we want to get our hands on others through extradition.
2archaic first person plural Used instead of ‘myself’ by a sovereign or other person in authority. witnessed ourself at Southampton this thirteenth day of October
Usage The standard reflexive form corresponding to we and us is ourselves, as in we can only blame ourselves. The singular form ourself, first recorded in the 14th century, is sometimes used in modern English, typically where ‘we’ refers to people in general. This use, though logical, is uncommon and not widely accepted in standard English Rhymes elf, herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, self, shelf, themself, thyself, yourself Definition of ourself in US English: ourselfpronoun 1Used instead of “ourselves,” typically when “we” refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people. reflexive we must choose which aspects of ourself to express to the world emphatic this is our affair—we deal with it ourself Example sentencesExamples - We go to highschool and struggle through years of trying to be accepted, trying to impress people, wanting to be with the right crowds and do the right things, trying to make a name for ourself.
- And then we had convinced ourself we can do a family show.
- We have rights to defend ourself and our people.
- We can change our moods ourself if we believe it.
- I think we've got to be engaged ourself in the process, not just turn it over to the Europeans to do.
- And yet, despite that fact, we still find ourself on a fiscal trajectory that is probably unsustainable.
- And I'm saying, we've got to start testing that and asking ourself, is that true or is it just something we're telling ourselves?
- He's driven by principles and values and his duty as he sees it under our Constitution to protect ourself.
- We are going to restrict ourself to the crimes.
- It happened that after two years of us being there, we found ourself in the right time at the right place.
- He enabled us to believe in ourself as smart people who could defend our opinions, and gave us the conviction that our opinions were worth defending.
- We have to make sure the fundamental due protections are given in order for us to, number one, to be true to ourself, but number two, we want to get our hands on others through extradition.
- So, we could really have sold our shrimp boat last year and we built it ourself and it was kind of hard to do so we kept it.
- That's who we have to price ourself against in Europe.
- Well, I guess the situation that we find ourself in now is not necessarily the situation I'm going to find myself in when retirement comes.
- I made the case why we shouldn't have to pay as much as we are paying, and that the part of the problem we can solve ourself we are solving.
- We pretty much have this helicopter all to ourself.
- We have resigned ourself to the hand that geography and history has dealt our people.
- First of all it's Ohio this time - and more importantly, we've got ourself a Senator with some backbone.
- But here again, Lou, I hope that if that passes, that we don't pat ourself on the back and say we've fixed the problem, because clearly we have not.
2archaic Used instead of “myself” by a sovereign or other person in authority.
Usage The standard reflexive form corresponding to we and us is ourselves, as in we can blame only ourselves. The singular form ourself, first recorded in the 14th century, is sometimes used in modern English, typically where we refers to people in general. This use, though logical, is uncommon and not widely accepted in standard English. See also themself and they |