Itself

Quick meaning: Itself is a pronoun meaning (reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

Meaning

(reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

More Meanings

1. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
2. (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Example Sentences

The door itself is quite heavy.

When the opportunity presented itself, no feasible course of action suggested itself (to us).

The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Word Forms

• it self
• it selfe

Synonyms for itself

Depending on context, synonyms include itsself.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include him, himself, oneself, ourselves, sam, same.

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