ourselves
Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Pronoun 4 meanings
Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
“We should keep this for ourselves.”
Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
“We did it ourselves.”
Referring to everyone being addressed.
“Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.”
Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
“Coordinate term: nurse's we”
Etymology
Morphologically our + -selves.
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OURSELVES at a glance
OURSELVES has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (O 1 + U 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1 + L 1 + V 4 + E 1 + S 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,346 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ourselves
All rhymes- THEMSELVES18
- LIVES8
- GIVES9
- LEAVES9
- LOVES8
- MOVES10
- REPRESENTATIVES20
- BELIEVES13
- SERVES9
- WAVES11
- DESERVES12
- INVOLVES14
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