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yourself.

Your own self (singular).

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

pron/jəˈsɛlf//jɔːˈsɛlf//jʊəˈsɛlf//jɚˈsɛlf/
  1. Your own self (singular).

    pronoun · reflexive
    Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
    After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
  2. You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

    emphatic · pronoun
    You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
  3. You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.

    Ireland · especially · proscribed
    I spoke with yourself last in February.
    No one understands me like yourself.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.

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