itself meaning
EN


- PronounSUF-self
- (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- The door closed by itself
- (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate.
- The door itself is quite heavy.
- (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The distribution model itself is defined by the physicochemistry of the drug such as its lipophilicity.
- Although eggcrate louvers can effectively cut off the view of bright lamps, the grid itself can become rather bright, especially when it is white.
- The question also remains of where the bacterium survives in interepizootic periods (or indeed, through gerbil population crashes), which may itself be controlled by abiotic environmental conditions.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- His fantastic record as a manager speaks for itself.
- I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.
- Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of itself in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Pronouns
Other Vocabulary
Source: Wiktionary