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People Pronoun Jɔːˈself Jəˈself Hurt Today Happy Usual

Word3 yourself
WordType (pronoun)
Phonetic /jɔːˈself/ /jəˈself/
Example
  • have you hurt yourself?
  • you don't seem quite yourself today (= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual).
  • enjoy yourselves!
  • do it yourself—i don't have time.
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yourself

(pronoun)/jɔːˈself/ /jəˈself/
  1. used when the person or people being spoken to both cause and are affected by an action
    • Have you hurt yourself?
    • You don't seem quite yourself today (= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual).
    • Enjoy yourselves!
  2. used to emphasize the fact that the person who is being spoken to is doing something
    • Do it yourself—I don't have time.
    • You can try it out for yourselves.
    • You yourself are one of the chief offenders.
  3. used instead of ‘you’ in order to sound polite or formal (although some people do not consider this use to be correct)
    • We sell a lot of these to people like yourself.
    • ‘And yourself,’ he replied, ‘How are you?’
  4. to act naturally
    • Don't act sophisticated—just be yourself.
  5. alone; without anyone else
    • How long were you by yourself in the house?
  6. without help
    • Are you sure you did this exercise by yourself?
  7. for only you to have or use; not shared
    • I'm going to be away next week so you'll have the office to yourself.
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