ourselves

pronoun

/ˌaʊəˈselvz/ /ˌɑː-/

/ˌaʊɚ-/

Definition

A2 used when the subject of the verb is 'we' or the speaker and one or more others, and the object is the same group of people: We went to get ourselves something to eat. John and I promised ourselves a good holiday this year.Reflexive forms › formal used to emphasize the subject 'we': We ourselves realize that there are flaws in the scheme.Reflexive forms (all) by ourselves › alone or without help from anyone else: Nobody wanted to come with us, so we went by ourselves. It's a big garden, but we do all the gardening by ourselves. (all) to ourselves › for our use only: The hotel was very quiet so we had the swimming pool all to ourselves .

(Definition of ourselves pronoun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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