Oneself

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • pronoun. One's own self:
  • pronoun. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition: One can congratulate oneself on one's victories.
  • pronoun. Used in an absolute construction: When in charge oneself, one may rearrange the committees as one pleases.
  • pronoun. One's normal or healthy condition or state.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. The person, previously mentioned.
  • pronoun. A person's self - a general form of himself, herself or yourself
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • pronoun. A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly written as two words, one's self.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • One's self; a person's self; himself or herself (without distinction of gender): formed after the analogy of himself, herself, itself, and used reflexively.
  • Word Usage
    "But among today's young adults, Rachel notes, "personal identity is not as linked to what one calls oneself as it was in other generations because we have so many ways of representing ourselves" -- ranging from email screen names to Facebook accounts."
    Cross Reference
    one    self   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    one's self   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Himself    delph    elf    herself    himself    hisself    itself    myself    ourself    self