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Definitions for yourself
yʊərˈsɛlf, yɔr-, yoʊr-, yər-; -ˈsɛlvzyour·self

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Wiktionary

  1. yourselfnoun

    Your usual, normal, or true self.

    After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

  2. yourselfpronoun

    Your own self.

    Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

  3. yourselfpronoun

    you;

    You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Yourselfnoun

    You, even you; ye, not others.

    Etymology: your and self

    If it stand as you yourself still do,
    Within the eye of honour; be assur’d,
    My purse, my person, my extremest means,
    Lie all unlock’d to your occasions. William Shakespeare.

    O heav’ns!
    If you do love old men, if your sweet sway
    Allow obedience, if yourselves are old,
    Make it your cause. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

ChatGPT

  1. yourself

    Yourself refers to the individual who is speaking or being referred to in the context of a conversation or written communication. It denotes the notion of self-identity, personal characteristics, thoughts, feelings, and beliefs that distinguish an individual from others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yourself

    an emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself

  2. Etymology: [Your + self.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yourself

    ūr-self′, pron. your own self or person:—pl. Yourselves′.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'yourself' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1087

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'yourself' in Written Corpus Frequency: #488

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yourself in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yourself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of yourself in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Curry:

    It does help to see shots go in, and you start to build a rhythm and build momentum, everybody feeds off seeing the ball go in the basket and you start to feel better about yourself.

  2. Will Rogers:

    The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

  3. William Feather:

    Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

  4. The Briton:

    I don't remember a day like this, i just have to laugh at today, laugh at The Briton. When you make wrong decisions or make a fool of yourself sometimes, you just have to laugh it off.

  5. Grady Judd:

    This is a justifiable homicide all day long. You have the right protect yourself.

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