yourselves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron

Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.

Pronunciation

/jəˈsɛlvz/ /jɔːˈsɛlvz/ /jʊəˈsɛlvz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yourselves2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yourselves.wav /jɚˈsɛlvz/ /jɔɹˈsɛlvz/ /jʊɹˈsɛlvz/

Word forms

yourselves yourself of you yerselves yoselves

Etymology

Morphologically your + -selves.

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye 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

make yourselves at home

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