English Dictionary
Definition yourself in British English
yourself
pronoun
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pronoun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Yourself and yourselves are reflexive pronouns, being the reflexive forms of you. They can be used in the following ways:
as an object that refers to the person or people who are the subject of the sentence or who are mentioned somewhere earlier in the sentence: Are you bringing the children up by yourself?You have to have some respect for yourself.Did he give you a picture of yourself?
as an object of verbs in the imperative form: Take care of yourselves.Enjoy yourselves.
after ‘you’ for emphasis: Only you yourself can be sure.You can bake the pie yourself.
used for showing that the person or people you are talking or writing to are affected by or involved in an action that they do
Remember you're not just representing yourself but the whole school.
That's something you will have to work out for yourself.
used for referring back to the person or people who you are talking or writing to when they have already been mentioned in the sentence
I'll give you a little time to get yourself comfortable.
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