itself

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪtˈsɛlf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hit-self

In summary

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

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

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 .