Definitions for myself
maɪˈsɛlfmy·self

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. myselfnoun

   that being which is oneself

   I am not myself today.

2. myselfpronoun

   Me, as direct or indirect object .

   I taught myself.

3. myselfpronoun

   Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.

4. myselfpronoun

   Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).

5. myselfpronoun

   I (as the subject of a verb).

6. Etymology: From me (pronoun) + self (pronoun). Later partly reinterpreted as my + self (noun).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Myselfnoun

   Etymology: my and self.

   1. An emphatical word added to I: as, I myself do it; that is, not I by proxy; not another.

   As his host,
   I should against his murth’rer shut the door,
   Not bear the knife myself. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. The reciprocal of I. in the oblique case.

   They have missed another pain, against which I should have been at a loss to defend myself. Jonathan Swift, Examiner.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Myself

   Myself is a single by Canadian hip hop recording artist Nav. It is the second single from his debut mixtape Nav (2017) and was produced and written by Nav himself. The song was released for digital download on April 11, 2017. The song has since peaked at number five on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.

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1. myself

   Myself refers to the individual speaker or writer as the subject, emphasizing one's own identity, personal characteristics, thoughts, feelings, or actions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Myself

   i or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. Myself

   mī-self′, or me-self′, pron. I or me, in person—used for the sake of emphasis and also as the reciprocal of me.

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1. myself

   Quotes by myself -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by myself on the Quotes.net website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'myself' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #856

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'myself' in Written Corpus Frequency: #544

How to pronounce myself?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say myself in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of myself in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of myself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of myself in a Sentence

1. Manisha Koirala:

   I can't see myself changing nappies and cooking dinner for too long. I'm too independent to live off a man's earnings.

2. Elizabeth Báthory:

   God, if you exist behind the Holy Scriptures then you have abandoned me. In war hundreds are killed and tortured and they are left there to rot and feed the vultures. And yet, we glorify our warriors. We give them laurel wreaths and honors. But all I get is torment, I cannot be humiliated this way. Give me an illness that will kill me fast. I cannot do it myself, I must go to heaven. Amen.

3. Bill Clinton:

   She will bring to the Presidency the skill, experience and wisdom that is needed in a President and Commander in Chief, having myself served in numerous diplomatic and national security positions starting in 1960, I am convinced that Secretary Clinton has the leadership qualities that far and away qualify her best to be our next President.

4. Billy Knight:

   I just want to say that I lived a life of sin. I lied. I cheated. And I stole, i isolated myself from my family members. I isolated myself from my friends. If this happens, you probably have a mental illness.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   It took me twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be accepted as a serious person by the British public.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Myself
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=myself
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myself
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myself
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=myself