himself
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/hɪmˈsɛlf/
English
Definitions
pronoun
- (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject“He injured himself.”
- He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate“He was injured himself.”
- The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.
- The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)“Has himself come down to breakfast yet?”
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Synonyms
hisselfhissenarebeenface-to-faceherherselfhimin-personitselfmeantimemyselfoneselfourselvesownpatspersonallysam