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1. (pron.pl.) ourselves
a reflexive form of we (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the direct object of a preposition):
We may be deceiving ourselves.
2. ourselves
(used as an intensive with we):
We ourselves would never say such a thing.
3. ourselves
(used in place of we or us in various compound and comparative constructions):
The children and ourselves want to thank you. No one is more fortunate than ourselves.
4. ourselves
(used in absolute constructions):
Ourselves too poor to help, we were forced to turn them away.
5. ourselves
our customary, normal, or healthy selves.
Etymology: (1300–50)
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1. (pronoun) ourselves
the reflexive form of "we"
Let's not congratulate ourselves too soon.
2. ourselves
emphasizes you are referring to a particular group that the speaker belongs to
We wanted to do it ourselves.
3. ourselves
(all) by ourselves
alone or without help
Mom, we cleaned up all by ourselves.; They left the animals by themselves.
4. ourselves
(all) to ourselves
only for us
We had the swimming pool all to ourselves.
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| Definition of 'ourselves' |
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1. ourselves
of Myself
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Sense: used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform
We saw ourselves in the mirror.
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 Afrikaans: onsself |
 Arabic: أنْفُسَنا |
 Bulgarian: себе си |
 Brazilian: (verbo-)nos |
 Czech: se, sebe |
 German: uns selbst |
 Danish: os selv |
 Greek: τους εαυτούς μας |
 Spanish: nos |
 Estonian: (meid) endid |
 Farsi: خودمان را |
 Finnish: itsemme |
 French: nous |
 Hebrew: בְּעַצמֵנוּ |
 Hindi: स्वयं |
 Croatian: sebe |
 Hungarian: magunkat |
 Indonesian: diri kami |
 Icelandic: okkur |
 Italian: ci |
 Japanese: 私たち自身を |
 Korean: (재귀 용법) 우리 자신을 |
 Lithuanian: save, sau |
 Latvian: [] sevi, sev |
 Malay: diri kami |
 Dutch: onszelf |
 Norwegian: oss (selv) |
 Polish: się |
 Persian: خودمان را |
 Pashto: مونږ خپل |
 Portuguese: (vimo-)nos |
 Romanian: (pe noi)înşine |
 Russian: себя |
 Slovak: sa, seba |
 Slovenian: se |
 Serbian: se |
 Swedish: oss [själva] |
 Thai: ตัวเราเอง |
 Turkish: kendimiz, kendimize |
 Taiwanese: 我們自己 |
 Ukrainian: себе |
 Urdu: خود کو |
 Vietnamese: chính bản thân mình |
 Chinese: 我们自己 |
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