myself

Meaning

1. Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
2. 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.
3. In my normal state of body or mind.
4. Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).
5. I (as the subject of a verb).
6. my name is...

Concepts

myself

I

me

himself

yourself

oneself

first person pronoun

herself

itself

ourselves

themselves

yourselves

thyself

self

for myself

i

to me

on my own

first person

neutral

reflexive pronoun

singular

-self

equal

same

mine

by myself

Hyphenated as

my‧self

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪˈsɛlf/

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. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

Sentences

For about six years I managed to control myself .

Used to hunt rabbits there myself .

I don't want anything for myself .