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wʌnˈsɛlf, wʌnz-one·self

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  1. oneselfpronoun

    The person, previously mentioned.

    One can teach oneself to do this.

  2. oneselfpronoun

    A person's self - a general form of himself, herself or yourself

    Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.

  3. Etymology: A contracted form of one's self

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  1. Oneself

    Oneself is an American hip hop artist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A former member of the legendary Rusty Ps, began his career in 1995. Oneself was influenced by jazz, reggae, funk and punk rock, he says he has gathered inspiration from each genre and incorporates it into his music. He's known for a high energy show, which includes elements of freestyle and spoken word.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oneself in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oneself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of oneself in a Sentence

  1. Pablo Picasso:

    Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

  2. Simone Weil:

    To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

  3. Charles Robba:

    My trip to the Mergui enlarged my appreciation for moving out of more commercial, westernized tourist areas elsewhere in Southeast Asia, one feels like an explorer on several levels. Viewing new landscapes each day, going on a RIB (rigid-hulled inflatable boat) to explore a beach, or taking a kayak by oneself to quietly drift off provides you with a new perspective to one's sense of the place.

  4. Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra:

    It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.

  5. Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg:

    This is about the fact that we have a principle in Denmark that if one can support oneself, one has to support oneself. This should also apply to asylum seekers, as it applies to Danes who have lived here their whole lives, there have been doubts as to whether one could be allowed to keep a wedding ring. And of course you can keep an ordinary wedding ring when you come to Denmark.

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