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yourself meaning

EN[jɔːˈself] [jɚˈsɛlf] [jʊɹˈsɛlf] [-ɛlf]
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EN Yourself

    Definition of yourself in English Dictionary

  • NounPLyourselvesSUF-self
    1. Your usual, normal, or true self.
      1. After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
  • Pronoun
    1. (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
      1. Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
    2. You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
      1. You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful. ‎
      • YMCA....YMCA...It's fun to stay at the YMCA...young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, get yourself of the ground...and just go to the YMCA. - Village People YMCA
      • Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
    2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • Perhaps you should go next year as a "toolie", and you'll get to see for yourself.
      • Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
      • That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
      • Pronouns
        • Second person pronouns
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      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of yourself for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "yourself" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, a second person pronoun.
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