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The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.
John Reid

Meaning of "ourself" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OURSELF

ourself  [aʊəˈsɛlf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OURSELF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ourself is a pronoun.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.

WHAT DOES OURSELF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

English personal pronouns

The personal pronouns in English take various forms according to number, person, case and natural gender. Modern English has very little inflection of nouns or adjectives, to the point where some authors describe it as an analytic language, but the Modern English system of personal pronouns has preserved some of the inflectional complexity of Old English and Middle English.

Definition of ourself in the English dictionary

The definition of ourself in the dictionary is a variant of myself, formerly used by monarchs or editors in formal contexts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OURSELF


bookshelf
ˈbʊkʃɛlf
delf
dɛlf
delph
dɛlf
elf
ɛlf
Guelph
ɡwɛlf
herself
həˈsɛlf
himself
hɪmˈsɛlf
ice-shelf
ˈaɪsˌʃɛlf
itself
ɪtˈsɛlf
myself
maɪˈsɛlf
off-the-shelf
ˌɒfðəˈʃɛlf
oneself
wʌnˈsɛlf
pelf
pɛlf
self
sɛlf
shelf
ʃɛlf
themself
ðəmˈsɛlf
thyself
ðaɪˈsɛlf
top-shelf
ˌtɒpˈʃɛlf
unself
ʌnˈsɛlf
yourself
jɔːˈsɛlf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OURSELF

our
Our Father
our feathered friends
our kid
Our Lady
Our Lord
ourali
Ourense
ouroboros
ours
ourselves
Ouse
ousel
oust
ouster
oustiti
out
out and about
out and away
out at elbow

WORDS THAT END LIKE OURSELF

do-it-yourself
English self
enjoy oneself
express oneself
find oneself
full of oneself
good self
higher self
inner self
keep to oneself
lend itself
make a pig of oneself
nonself
not know where to put oneself
speak for itself
speak for yourself
the self
thing-in-itself
to be pleased with yourself
up-itself

Synonyms and antonyms of ourself in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ourself» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OURSELF

Find out the translation of ourself to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ourself from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ourself» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

我们自己
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nosotros mismos
570 millions of speakers

English

ourself
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ourself
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنفسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

, себя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nós mesmos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমরাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nous-mêmes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri kita sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wir selbst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

私たち自身
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

해결할
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự của chúng ta
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ourself
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आपण स्वतः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendimiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

noi stessi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

, себе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noi înșine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τον εαυτό μας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onsself
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ourself
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oss selv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ourself

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OURSELF»

The term «ourself» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OURSELF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ourself» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ourself» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ourself

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4 QUOTES WITH «OURSELF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ourself.
1
Lucy Larcom
A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest.
2
Nalini Nadkarni
When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
3
Paracelsus
We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.
4
John Reid
The fact of the matter is that whether it's in London or Egypt or Turkey or New York or Washington, we have to pay the price of guarding ourself, which is internal vigilance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OURSELF»

Discover the use of ourself in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ourself and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Healing Ourself: Growing Beyond the True Cause of Disease
It is appropriate for us to seek health support in multiple ways, but we must accept the ultimate responsibility for changing ourself into the healing energy of love and exercise our freedom of choice in the path that we take if disease occurs.
Kathy Oddenino, 1994
2
Being Ourself
Ourself. A crucial aspect of the great remembering of our common true identity, Ourself, is the ongoing forgiveness of Ourself towards Ourself in all directions. To be a part of this we need to first recognize in every moment that we are Ourself; ...
Ty Clement, 2009
3
Other Selves: Aristotle on Personal and Political Friendship
A friendship with ourself would thus appear to be not logically but chronologically prior to a friendship with another. Friendships of both kinds are essentially the same and have motives essentially the same, but a friendship with ourself has a ...
Paul Schollmeier, 1994
4
The Phantom of the Psyche: Freeing Oneself from Inner Passivity
Ultimately, passivity is a denial or negation of ourself, as it is a limitation of our freedom. In the clutches of passivity, it feels as if nothing or no one is present within ourself to speak for us, to represent our interests, and to support our decisions ...
Peter Michaelson, 2002
5
Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries
The poet thrusts in to repudiate that pathos with a didactic truth: “Ourself behind ourself, concealed - / Should startle most - ”. “Startle” is a “cool” word, by comparison to “lonesome”: and the self-concealing-itself-from-itself is a “ metaphysical” ...
Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler, 2010
6
Riding the Dragon, Living the Vision
wholly Within Ourself. Therefore, first Seeing as the Singular Nonego ( Formlessness), we Breathe the Light (Form) of Our very Being, the Holy Spirit of God. Yet, in assuming Form, Our very Being produces a shadow-reflection of the Light in the ...
Thomsen Poet, philosopher, prophet Larry Gordon, poet Thomsen, Larry Gordon Thomsen, 2008
7
Aquinas and Empowerment: Classical Ethics for Ordinary Lives
Who we really are is not how God and others see us, but how we know ourself in the deepest recesses of our being; and yet, it is a self only we can know because it is essentially mysterious and unsharable. Bluntly put, if charity calls us outside ...
G. Simon Harak, 1997
8
Believing Again: Doubt and Faith in a Secular Age
Ourself behind ourself, concealed — Should startle most — Assassin hid in our Apartment Be Horror's least — The Body — borrows a Revolver — He bolts the Door — O'erlooking a superior spectre — Or More — (#407) “Ourself behind ...
Roger Lundin, 2009
9
Historical Register
my dear Brethren, and to repair by contrary Steps, all those with which we reproached ourself. But God, who put it in our Heart to follow exactly the Rules and Canons of the Church, gave us Strength only to submit thereto. By Way of Deserence ...
C. H. Green, 1736
10
The Modern Dilemma: Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot, and Humanism
... or more discordant viewpoints to a higher which shall somehow include and transmute them. Thesoulisso farfrombeing a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself ”(147–8. My emphasis).
Leon Surette, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OURSELF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ourself is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Quality addition to Indian Cinema – RANGITARANGA: Movie Review
The movie, overall, is a super thriller and a must watch. It is worth seeing many times and find ourself discovering characters and explore the music and visuals. «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
2
Bautista, MLB strike back against Dominican bashing: Griffin
Because we don't understand sometimes about how to express ourself, they feel that way about the Latin players. That's something that has ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
Joshua Oppenheimer Made the Must-See Doc of the Summer …
Implicit in this notion is the human capacity for evil depends on our ability to lie to ourself. Why do we need to lie to ourself? Because we know ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
4
Novato Knicks enter this weekend's league tournament as No. 1 seed
“Our biggest enemy is ourself,” Nackord said. “If we don't beat ourselves, we'll win. We've got a good bunch of kids looking to win this thing. «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
5
City says blighted property is an enviormental hazard, working to …
We are not restricting ourself or selecting where we do these projects,” said Robert Knecht with Public Works. He said environmental crews ... «wreg.com, Jul 15»
6
Earth's cousin: NASA discovers new planet that could be closest …
"Kepler has really revolutionised the way we look at ourself in our place in our galaxy." LISTEN: Neil Mitchell speaks to Dr Daniel Huber ... «3AW, Jul 15»
7
Anger at 10000-space cemetery plan for Langho
We are a micro-economy in ourself. “This will damage our business for sure if it goes ahead, there's no question about that, and that is a very ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
8
Fijians set for Samoa
"We will be having our captain's run from 1-2pm before we engage ourself into the final preparations for the game day," he added. «Fiji Times, Jul 15»
9
Adding To The Price Of Groceries
When we bought those groceries, we mentally added up the cost, and said to ourself, “Look at how much the cost of vegetables and meat has ... «Merced County Times, Jul 15»
10
The Cuba Issue: Despite resistance, the Cuba taboo is fading in …
“And I think it's beneficial to ourself and Cuba. The world has and is paying attention to the relationship of this country and Cuba. And I believe ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jul 15»

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