ALL meanings of ourselves
our·selves
O o - pronoun ourselves we: reflexive form 1
- pronoun ourselves us: used after as, than, but 1
- pronoun ourselves we: emphatic form 1
- pronoun ourselves our normal selves 1
- noun ourselves Used as the object of a verb or preposition when this is the same as the subject of the clause and the subject is the speaker and one or more other people considered together. 1
- pronoun ourselves You use ourselves to refer to yourself and one or more other people as a group. 0
- pronoun ourselves A speaker or writer sometimes uses ourselves to refer to people in general. Ourselves is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same people. 0
- pronoun ourselves You use ourselves to emphasize a first person plural subject. In more formal English, ourselves is sometimes used instead of 'us' as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis. 0
- pronoun ourselves If you say something such as 'We did it ourselves', you are indicating that something was done by you and a particular group of other people, rather than anyone else. 0
- pronoun ourselves the reflexive form of we or us 0
- pronoun ourselves (intensifier) 0
- pronoun ourselves our usual selves 0
- pronoun ourselves used instead of we or us in compound noun phrases 0
- pronoun ourselves a form of we 0
- pronoun ourselves as an intensifier 0
- pronoun ourselves as a reflexive 0
- pronoun ourselves with the meaning “our real, true, or normal selves” [we are not ourselves when we are upset] 0