pronoun
1 the reflexive form of we; used when you and another person or other people together cause and are affected by an action:
We shouldn't blame ourselves for what happened. * Let's just relax and enjoy ourselves. * We'd like to see it for ourselves.
2 used to emphasize we or us; sometimes used instead of these words:
We've often thought of going there ourselves. * The only people there were ourselves.
IDIOMS
(all) by ourselves
1 alone; without anyone else
2 without help
(all) to ourselves for us alone; not shared with anyone:
We had the pool all to ourselves.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of ourselves come from?
This entry for ourselves is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does ourselves appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — ourselves appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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