Itself

/ɪtˈsɛlf/ · pronoun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (reflexive pronoun) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
3. (emphatic, archaic) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Example Sentences

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

The researchers posit that something they call the “hipster effect” asserts itself in human populations no matter how individualistic we imagine ourselves to be, because it’s individuality itself that sparks conformity.

The door itself is quite heavy.

Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne remedy againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as Peter de la Seine and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented Menelaus that was ſo often freed by Helenas faire face: and ʰTully, 3 Tusc. cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent.

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.

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

Synonyms for itself

Antonyms for itself

Related Words

Word Forms

• it
• himself
• herself
• themself
• themselves
• it self
• it selfe

Usage Notes

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