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/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/ · pronoun
(reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis)..
They’ve hurt themselves.
They fought among themselves.
They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.
The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds, who literally found themselves in the middle.
Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
I don't want anyone to fight among themselves.
Everyone must do it themselves.
Use themselves when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Themselves means (reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis)..
Common synonyms include 'emselves, theirselves, themself, theirself.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They’ve hurt themselves.
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