a reflexive word or form of a word shows that the action of the verb affects the person who performs the action:
In 'He cut himself', 'cut' is a reflexive verb and 'himself' is a reflexive pronoun.
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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 reflexive come from?
This entry for reflexive is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is reflexive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, reflexive is tagged as adjective.
Does reflexive appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — reflexive appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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