›the person or people being spoken to; the reflexive form of you: Be careful with that knife or you’ll cut yourself.›Yourself is sometimes used to emphasize the subject of the sentence: Did you girls actually raise this money yourselves?(all) by yourself›If you do something (all) by yourself, you do it alone or without help from anyone: You’re old enough to take the bus by yourself, aren’t you, Joyce?(all) to yourself›If you have something (all) to yourself, you have it for your use only: Now that Neil and Sam are away, you’ve got the whole house to yourself.