/aʊəˈselvz/
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Translation
The word for you and the people with you when the same group does something to or for itself.
Word origin
From Old English us selfum, made of us and self.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- us selfum
Examples
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"Ourselves" points back to "we", the same group.
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Here "ourselves" means with no help from anyone else.
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"Of ourselves" points back to the same people.
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