itself

Meaning

1. (neuter, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third-person) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
2. (emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
3. (archaic, emphatic, neuter, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person) it; used to refer back to an earlier subject

Synonyms

himself

herself

themselves

yourself

oneself

ourselves

self

myself

yourselves

each other

in itself

same

-self

personally

by oneself

entire

equal

only

per se

alone

thyself

it

🇮🇹

you alone

very thing

Translations

zelf

sich

selbst

se

vanzelf

se stesso

zich

se

même

si

zelve

sich selbst

xwe

stesso

sé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪtˈsɛlf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hit-self

In summary

From Middle English hit-self, equivalent to it + -self.

Sentences

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

It did not itself receive sufficient votes for any representation in Parliament .

Somewhat in a class by itself is the Z-pinch, which has circular field lines .

After the " bowl " empties , it dries out and rights itself , creating the " dry moon ".

The simple representation also lends itself to steganography .