Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ourselves
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Ourselves
ourselves
pronoun 1 the reflexive form of `we' (It was strange seeing ourselves on television. | We all introduced ourselves before the meeting started.) 2 used to emphasize the pronoun we, a plural n etc (Not many people realise we built the house ourselves. | As we are parents ourselves we can understand what you've gone through.) 3 (all) by ourselves a) alone (Our teacher left us by ourselves for over an hour.) b) without help (My sister and I learnt to use the computer all by ourselves.) 4 to ourselves if we have something to ourselves, we do not have to share it with any other people (Once Sam left town we had the house to ourselves.) (- see also yourself)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: 'Ourselves' is the first person plural reflexive pronoun. 1. You use ourselves to refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group. We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm... It was the first time we admitted to ourselves that we were tired. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 2. A speaker or writer sometimes uses ourselves to refer to people in general. Ourselves is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same people. We all know that when we exert ourselves our heart rate increases. PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 3. You use ourselves to emphasize a first person plural subject. In more formal English, ourselves is sometimes used instead of ‘us’ as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis. Others are feeling just the way we ourselves would feel in the same situation... The people who will suffer won’t be people like ourselves. PRON c darkgreen]emphasis 4. If you say something such as ‘We did it ourselves’, you are indicating that something was done by you and a particular group of other people, rather than anyone else. We villagers built that ourselves, we had no help from anyone. PRON ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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pronoun plural Date: 15th century 1. those identical ones that are we — used reflexively we're doing it solely for ~, for emphasis we ~ will never go, or in absolute constructions ~ no longer young, we can sympathize with those who are old — compare we 1 2. our normal, healthy, or sane condition just not ~ today ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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pron. 1 a emphat. form of WE or US (we ourselves did it; made it ourselves; for our friends and ourselves). b refl. form of US (are pleased with ourselves). 2 in our normal state of body or mind (not quite ourselves today). Phrases and idioms be ourselves act in our normal unconstrained manner. by ourselves see by oneself. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. себя, себе, собой, -сь, -ся it's no good worrying ourselves about that —- нет смысла беспокоиться об этом we shall only harm ourselves —- мы только повредим себе 2. себя, себе, собой (о 1-м мн. ч.) we considered ourselves to be perfect strangers there —- мы считали себя там совершенно чужими for ourselves we want little —- для себя нам нужно немного we must not deceive ourselves —- мы не должны себя обманывать 3. сами (о 1-м л. мн. ч.) let us do it ourselves —- давайте сделаем это сами we ourselves have often done the same thing —- мы сами часто делали то же Id: to be ourselves —- быть самим собой Id: to come to ourselves —- прийти в себя Id: we were not ourselves for some time —- некоторое время мы не могли прийти в себя Id: (all) by ourselves —- без посторонней помощи, самостоятельно; одни, в одиночестве Id: we have done it all by ourselves —- мы это сделали сами Id: come in, we're all by ourselves —- входите, мы одни ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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pron. 1) refl. себя, -ся; себе; we shall only harm ourselves - мы только повредим себе 2) emph. сами; let us do it ourselves - давайте сделаем это сами ...Англо-русский словарь
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