Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

ourselves

 
/ɑʊərˈselvz/, /ɑr-/ pronoun [pl]

Definition

the person speaking and one or more others; the reflexive form of we: We promised ourselves a long vacation this year. It’s a big garden, but we do the gardening by ourselves (= without help). Everyone else is busy, so we’ll have to go all by ourselves (= without other people). We had the swimming pool all to ourselves (= we did not have to share it).
(Definition of ourselves pronoun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

“ourselves” in other dictionaries

Word of the Day

everything under the sun

everything that exists or is possible

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More