itself meaning
EN


- PronounSUF-self
- (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- The door closed by itself
- (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate.
- The door itself is quite heavy.
- (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The distribution model itself is defined by the physicochemistry of the drug such as its lipophilicity.
- This petition for Jesus to "help my unbelief" is itself a request for singlemindedness -- or, more precisely, for the healing of doublemindedness, of doubt.
- It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.
- Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself.
- The soft-minded manager often defers direct action in the hope that the situation will remedy itself.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of itself in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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