Meaning of ourselves | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
   reflexive
2. we (masculine plural)
3. Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
   emphatic
4. Referring to everyone being addressed.
   colloquial
5. Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“We should keep⟳ this for ourselves.”

“Let's not beat⟳ ourselves up over this.”

“We did it ourselves.”

“Come⟳ on everyone! Let's get⟳ ourselves up and out of bed, please⟳.”

“Now then children, I'm not going to help⟳ you with the next problem. We should be able to work⟳ this one out ourselves.”

“Coordinate term: nurse's we”

“Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage⟳ to wash⟳ ourselves this morning?”

“Well done Timmy! Did we make⟳ that model⟳ ourselves?”

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