themselves

/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/

Frequency rank #534

themselves

Definitions

  1. pronoun

    Used for more than one person or thing that did the action to themselves.

    Examples

    • They hurt themselves playing football.
    • The children fought among themselves.
  2. pronoun

    Used for one person whose gender is not stated, as the object of their own action.

    Examples

    • Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
    • Someone left themselves logged in on the shared computer.

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