yourself

/jəˈsɛlf/
pronoun

Your own self (singular).

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Pronoun 3 meanings

  1. Your own self (singular).

    “Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.”

  2. You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

    “You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.”

  3. You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.

    “I spoke with yourself last in February.”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.

YOURSELF at a glance

YOURSELF has 8 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + O 1 + U 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1 + L 1 + F 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #469 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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