English Explanatory Dictionary

yourself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Your own self (singular).
  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.
  3. You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of yourself, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/jəˈsɛlf/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-yourself.wav /jɔːˈsɛlf/ /jʊəˈsɛlf/ /jɚˈsɛlf/ en-us-yourself.ogg /jɔɹˈsɛlf/ /jʊɹˈsɛlf/

Word forms

yourself you yerself yo'self yoself

Etymology

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.

Derived words

because you touch yourself at night buy yourself a hat check yourself before you wreck yourself dig yourself do-it-yourself do it yourself don't keep a dog and bark yourself don't knock yourself out fuck yourself go chase yourself go screw yourself go shit yourself hello yourself, and see how you like it keep telling yourself that keep yourself safe make yourself at home please yourself stab yourself and pass the dagger take care of
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