yourself meaning
EN[jɔːˈself] [jɚˈsɛlf] [jʊɹˈsɛlf] [-ɛlf]US
EN Yourself
- NounPLyourselvesSUF-self
- Pronoun
- (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
- Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
- You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
- You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
- (reflexive) Your own self (singular).
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- 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.
- 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.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of yourself in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Pronouns
- Second person pronouns
- Second person pronouns
- Nouns
- en yourselfs
Source: Wiktionary