itself

EN[ˈɪtsɛlf] [-ɛlf]
US

Definition of itself in English Dictionary

• PronounSUF-self+-
  1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
     1. The door closed by itself
  2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate.
     1. The door itself is quite heavy.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Moral diversity in the citizen population by itself assures that some discrimination of this kind will occur.
     • The question also remains of where the bacterium survives in interepizootic periods (or indeed, through gerbil population crashes), which may itself be controlled by abiotic environmental conditions.
     • [An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance. — Milton.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • The army entrenched its camp, or entrenched itself.
     • The soft-minded manager often defers direct action in the hope that the situation will remedy itself.
     • Like a daruma doll, you knock it over and it rights itself.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Pronouns
     • Third person pronouns

Other Vocabulary

1. en atself
2. en it self
3. en hitself
4. en ittself
5. en himself

 0 0