itself meaning

EN[ˈɪtsɛlf] [-ɛlf]
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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
     • Nature 'publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries.
     • I got the impression it was more how the major powers in the Duneverse exerted power than a power source in itself (hence why Mohiam didn't mention it in her little talk).
     • Moral diversity in the citizen population by itself assures that some discrimination of this kind will occur.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • The army entrenched its camp, or entrenched itself.
     • I looked at a reference manual for my car just to answer one question, but I spent the whole afternoon with my nose buried in it, just yak shaving, and got no work done on the car itself.
     • Its relief scene includes 11 cupids harvesting and stomping on grapes to make wine in a lenos, a long trough similar to the sarcophagus 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