Ourselves - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɑːrˈselvz|
Brit.
|aʊəˈselvz|
pronoun
- (reflexive) us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
We should keep this for ourselves.
- (emphatic) we; intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate.We did it ourselves.
Extra examples
We all introduced ourselves before the meeting started.
We're doing it solely for ourselves.
We prepared ourselves for the long journey ahead.
It was strange seeing ourselves on television.
We built the house ourselves.
As parents ourselves, we understand the problem
More help is needed for people like ourselves.
Shall we start the meeting ourselves?
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