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What does myself mean?

Definitions in simple English

myself Pronoun

— You use myself when you are the doer and the receiver of an action. I taught myself. — If you do something by yourself, you do it without any help or alone. I taught him myself. — You use myself to emphasize that it is you and not somebody else. I know a lot of people love coffee, but I myself don't really like it.

myself pronoun

— (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. [from 9th c.] — 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. [from 10th c.] — In my normal state of body or mind. — Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). [from 10th c.] — (archaic) I (as the subject of a verb). [from 14th c.] — in apposition with I; personally

Myself pronoun

— used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Synonyms myself synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as myself?

myself English » English

I me himself yourself oneself first person pronoun herself itself yourselves themselves ourselves thyself self for myself to me singular same reflexive pronoun on my own neutral mine i first person equal by myself -self

Topics myself topics

What do people use myself to talk about?

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

What pronouns express reflexive reference?

self myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves yourselves themselves oneself

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sorry

What do people say when they feel sorry?

why did I why didn't I I could have kicked myself

Examples myself examples

How do I use myself in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I cheered myself up by listening to music.

I spoke to him in English and found I could make myself understood.

Instead of going myself, I sent a messenger.

It occurred to me that I should keep the news to myself.

I cut myself while shaving.

I'm used to cooking for myself.

I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.

Where was I when I needed myself most?

Love comes from love. When I want others to love me, I myself love first.

How can I sacrifice myself for something I don't believe in?

I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

I had to do everything by myself.

I had the same problem myself.

I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.

I'm so dumb. I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.

I'm beside myself with joy.

Don't ruin my fun after all the pain that I put myself through.

I won't lower myself to his level.

I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time.

Ah! If I were rich, I'd buy myself a house in Spain.

I couldn't make myself understood in a foreign country.

I warmed myself at the fire.

I managed to make myself understood in English.

I pulled myself together and started my work.

I can't express myself in English very well.

I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

Movie subtitles

I can not control myself.

I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?

Because I don't want to lie to myself any longer.

I'm gonna man up all over myself!

You know, obviously, I can take care of myself.

The first night in the woods by myself was pretty awesome, actually.

It's what I wanted to do originally, too, is, you know, be by myself, take care of myself, do my own thing, and I got that, so pretty content.

I have to know what's out there in order to protect myself and survive.

Which I kind of surprised myself at, to be honest.

I tried to deal with it myself, but I couldn't do it by myself.

Then, I will meet her and ask her myself.

By myself, pinkies only. And go!

I came to see for myself that you're hiding in brothels and have forgotten your mission.

I'm giving a part of myself to God.

I will now devote myself to peace and rebuilding.

Since that is the case, could you arrange a meeting between myself as head of the Jewish Council, and the governor-general?

Maybe I should kill myself, 'cause I can't get the image of her limp body out of my head.

When I find myself dipping, I just think about friends and family.

But I keep seeing myself back there because I know someday you'll be able to.

I find myself strangely intrigued by their existence.

No, on second thought, I should probably call myself the Professor.

I'm not sure about that myself, but since the dawn of history, we've coexisted with humans.

I'm holding down the fort by myself.

Tell me what to do. What do I have to do to earn myself a place?

I'm gonna give myself a tardy slip.

So, anyway, my cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister is gonna be bringing some by this afternoon, and I know it sounds a little stupid, but I'm kind of nervous to pick them up myself.

That's what I'm gonna call myself.

If I was a girl, I'd call myself...well, Hope.

I've got to look after myself.

I heard it myself.

I'll do it. I've decided on that. Well, you said what comes first and last is important, so I'll do that considering myself being understanding and caring.

Then I'll take all the profit for myself.

I'm more of a high wire myself.

I rubbed a magazine on myself this morning.

News and current affairs

To many, myself included, NATO's enlargement to take in, among others, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- which were once Soviet republics -- is an impossible dream come true.

Having written a book about the hijacking of executive power in the United States in the Bush years, I found myself, in researching new developments, stumbling upon conversations online that embrace narratives of behind-the-scenes manipulation.

I ask myself why they have the opportunity to travel, to study, to take vacations, when I cannot go abroad even to learn medicine.

I myself have endured numerous politically inspired investigations and prosecutions of my former business as a means to drive me out of politics.

As I watched the Croatia-Australia match early in the tournament, I surprised myself, too, as I realized that my emotions were with the Australian team, whatever that could mean, given that there were so many Croatians playing for Australia.

I won't humor myself that it was the chess analysis that drew attention, although I was a commentator for public television on the pivotal 13th game.

Indeed, at the beginning I was myself a strong supporter of Putin, especially when the campaign was directed at terrorists.

Old Israelis like myself are stupefied by the scope and scale of today's corruption and the multiplying investigations.

Speaking from personal experience, I have to say that they can, because even I, a professional economist, have occasionally had to stop myself from making exactly the same error.

For example: on January 1, 2010, I think to myself that the game will soon be up for the Greeks.

For an East European like myself, it is not easy to ignore the history of the circus - or history itself.

I've seen this for myself during recent travels to Benin, Ghana, Ethiopia, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa.

Since coming out in 2011, I have been publicly truer to myself and more authentic with others.

There are also initiatives such as the appointment by the governments of Britain, Germany, Indonesia, and Turkey of a High-Level Expert Trade Group, with Peter Sutherland, former Director General of GATT and the WTO, and myself as co-chairs.

Some scientists, myself included, have taken a different approach.

I myself and the other members of the Austrian Federal Government expect to be judged according to our performance rather than on the basis of prejudice.

The British Council's decision to ignore them, as well as exiled writers banned from entering China, such as myself, has turned what should be a cultural event into an unprincipled commercial-political transaction.

Even before it was born, some economists (such as myself) asked whether a single currency would be desirable for such a heterogeneous group of countries.

Though I will defend the right of individuals to make racist statements, I would not make such statements myself or listen to a speaker making them.

Many economists, including myself, believe that America's thirst for foreign capital to finance its consumption binge played a critical role in the build-up of the crisis.

I make these somewhat critical observations about China not with any sense of moral superiority or a wish to relieve myself of the responsibility to level the same critique at my own country's recent failures.

Fortunately, a minority of physicists, myself included, likewise side unequivocally with realism, by adopting Hugh Everett's multiple-universes interpretation of quantum theory.

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