Definitions for ourselvesɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
our•selves*ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-(pron.pl.)
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.
(used as an intensive with we):
We ourselves would never say such a thing.
(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.
(used in absolute constructions):
Ourselves too poor to help, we were forced to turn them away.
our customary, normal, or healthy selves.
* Usage: See myself.
Origin of ourselves:
1300–50
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ourselves(pronoun)ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-
the reflexive form of "we"
Let's not congratulate ourselves too soon.
ourselvesɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-
emphasizes you are referring to a particular group that the speaker belongs to
We wanted to do it ourselves.
ourselvesɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-
alone or without help
Mom, we cleaned up all by ourselves.; They left the animals by themselves.
ourselvesɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-
only for us
We had the swimming pool all to ourselves.
Wiktionary
ourselves(Pronoun)
us;
We should keep this for ourselves.
ourselves(Pronoun)
we;
We did it ourselves.
ourselves(Noun)
Plural form of myself.
Webster Dictionary
Ourselves(u)
of Myself
Translations for ourselves
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ourselves(pronoun)
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.
- onsselfAfrikaans
- أنْفُسَناArabic
- себе сиBulgarian
- (verbo-)nosPortuguese (BR)
- se, sebeCzech
- uns selbstGerman
- os selvDanish
- τους εαυτούς μαςGreek
- nosSpanish
- (meid) endidEstonian
- خودمان راFarsi
- itsemmeFinnish
- nousFrench
- בְּעַצמֵנוּHebrew
- स्वयंHindi
- sebeCroatian
- magunkatHungarian
- diri kamiIndonesian
- okkurIcelandic
- ciItalian
- 私たち自身をJapanese
- (재귀 용법) 우리 자신을Korean
- save, sauLithuanian
- [] sevi, sevLatvian
- diri kamiMalay
- onszelfDutch
- oss (selv)Norwegian
- sięPolish
- خودمان راPersian
- مونږ خپلPashto
- (vimo-)nosPortuguese
- (pe noi)înşineRomanian
- себяRussian
- sa, sebaSlovak
- seSlovenian
- seSerbian
- oss [själva]Swedish
- ตัวเราเองThai
- kendimiz, kendimizeTurkish
- 我們自己Chinese (Trad.)
- себеUkrainian
- خود کوUrdu
- chính bản thân mìnhVietnamese
- 我们自己Chinese (Simp.)
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