Ourselves

pronoun

/aʊəˈsɛlvz/

Word Frequency: 34.4

Definitions

1.pronoun(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."

2.pronounWe; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.

"We did it ourselves."

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