Themselves

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • pronoun. Those ones identical with them:
  • pronoun. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or as the object of a preposition: prepared themselves for the trip; gave themselves plenty of time; were left to themselves.
  • pronoun. Used for emphasis: The cooks themselves eat after all the guests have finished.
  • pronoun. Used in an absolute construction: Newcomers themselves, they knew few people at the party.
  • pronoun. Their normal or healthy condition: The members of the crew were themselves again after the crisis passed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
  • pronoun. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • pronoun. The plural of himself, herself, and itself. See himself, herself, itself.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See himself.
  • Word Usage
    "Having shown, under a previous head, that servants _sold themselves_, and of course received the compensation for themselves, (except in cases where parents hired out the time of their children until they became of age [B],) a mere reference to the fact in this place is all that is required for the purposes of this argument."
    Variant
    himself    herself    itself   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    herself    themself    himself   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    delves    elves    ourselves    selves    shelves    theirselves    yourselves   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts