itself meaning

EN[ˈɪtsɛlf] [-ɛlf]
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Definition of itself in English Dictionary

• PronounSUF-self+-
  1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
     1. The door closed by itself
  2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate.
     1. The door itself is quite heavy.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • The internal dynamics of the group itself may be extremely violent, for violence and pisstaking are inextricably linked, and each are involved in the central sphere of having a laff (Willis 1988: 29).
     • It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
     • The firm is defending itself against fresh allegations of pensions mis-selling.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • Bart Simpson's stock phrase "I didn't do it" was once lampooned on the show itself.
     • I looked at a reference manual for my car just to answer one question, but I spent the whole afternoon with my nose buried in it, just yak shaving, and got no work done on the car itself.
     • Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Pronouns
     • Third person pronouns

Other Vocabulary

1. en atself
2. en hitself
3. en ittself
4. en it self
5. en himself

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