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ðəmˈsɛlvz, ˌðɛm-them·selves

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Wiktionary

  1. themselvespronoun

    (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun) The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.

  2. themselvespronoun

    The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Themselvesnoun

    Whatsoever evil befalleth in that, themselves have made themselves worthy to suffer it. Richard Hooker, b. v.

    They open to themselves at length the way. John Milton.

    Waken children out of sleep with a low call, and give them kind usage till they come perfectly to themselves. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. Themselves

    Themselves, previously known as Them, is an American hip hop duo based in Oakland, California. It consists of Doseone and Jel. They are also part of Subtle and 13 & God. The duo's first studio album, Them, was included on Fact's "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Themselves

    the plural of himself, herself, and itself. See Himself, Herself, Itself

Wikidata

  1. Themselves

    Themselves is an underground hip hop duo based in Oakland, California. It consists of rapper Doseone and producer Jel. Dax Pierson, from the affiliated group Subtle, has played keyboards for the group. However, he is not considered an official member. To date, Themselves has released three albums and two singles on Anticon, as well as being featured on multiple compilations.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Themselves

    them-selvz′, pron. pl. of himself, herself, and itself. [Them and self.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'themselves' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #371

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'themselves' in Written Corpus Frequency: #671

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of themselves in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of themselves in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of themselves in a Sentence

  1. Geno Auriemma:

    They're allowed to get away with just whatever, and they're always thinking about themselves, me, me, me, me, me. 'I didn't score, so why should I be happy?' 'I'm not getting enough minutes; why should I be happy?' That's the world we live in today, unfortunately. Kids check the scoreboard sometimes because they're going to get yelled at by their parents if they don't score enough points. Don't get me started.

  2. Sarah Silverman:

    If you look at the trans community, these people always existed ; they just were living in personal hells where they couldn't expose themselves, what it took was -- and it continues to take -- is that it just becomes part of a conversation and then it's not so crazy anymore.

  3. Robert Mahoney:

    They have portrayed themselves as a moderate [ presence ] in the region, but there has been a closing of freedom of expression and control of information.

  4. Wenzel Michalski:

    The Germans are very good in hiding their anti-Semitism from themselves, they are world champions in building memorials, but the danger is that they are burying their anti-Semitism under those monuments until they think that it doesn’t exist anymore.

  5. John Kilduff:

    It certainly looks like the bulls had shot themselves in the foot ahead of the rally, as we were in risk-off mood until Wednesday when oil and commodities were off-favor, that said, the price rally since looks kind of overdone too, as we still have record inventories in crude oil, regardless what near-term bullish factors show.

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