ALL meanings of itself
it·self
I i - noun itself Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause. 1
- pronoun itself reflexive of it 1
- pronoun itself emphatic 1
- pronoun itself normal condition 1
- pronoun itself (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject. 0
- pronoun itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate. 0
- pronoun itself Itself is used as the object of a verb or preposition when it refers to something that is the same thing as the subject of the verb. 0
- pronoun itself You use itself to emphasize the thing you are referring to. 0
- pronoun itself If you say that someone is, for example, politeness itself or kindness itself, you are emphasizing they are extremely polite or extremely kind. 0
- abbreviation ITSELF (intensifier) 0
- pronoun itself its normal or usual self 0
- pronoun itself a form of it1, used: 0
- pronoun itself as an intensifier 0
- pronoun itself as a reflexive 0
- pronoun itself with the meaning “its real, true, or normal self” [the bird is not itself today] 0