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themselves.

The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

10 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ðɛmˈsɛɫvz]Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ðəmˈsɛlvz/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation[ðəmˈsɛɫvz]Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

    pronoun · reflexive · third-person
    They’ve hurt themselves.
    They fought among themselves.
  2. The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

    pronoun · reflexive · third-person
    Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
    I don't want anyone to fight among themselves.
Where this word comes from

Morphologically them + -selves.

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