myself
Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
Pronoun 4 meanings
Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
“I taught myself.”
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
“I myself have witnessed the event.”
In my normal state of body or mind.
“I feel like myself.”
Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
“Give the ball to John or myself.”
Etymology
From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self.
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MYSELF at a glance
MYSELF has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (M 3 + Y 4 + S 1 + E 1 + L 1 + F 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #467 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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