Kilo Lingo

/ɪtˈself/

Line drawing of itself
Coloured illustration of itself
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Translation

The same thing or animal you have just named, used when the thing does something to it.

Word origin

From Old English hit self, the pronoun it joined to the word self.

Origin
Old English
Root
hit self

Examples

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"Itself" shows that the door, not a person, did the action.

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The cat does the action to the same animal.

, .

"Itself" here adds weight, meaning the hotel and nothing else.

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