by oneself
by oneself prepositional phrase: unaided; without assistance or help from others.
Prepositional phrase
- Unaided; without assistance or help from others.
- I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.
- You ate the whole thing by yourself?
- Alone, without another's immediate company.
- She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly.
- Synonyms:
- on one's own
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, oneself.
- He kept the gun by himself at all times.
by oneself meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
by oneself in Hindi
- without help
- अकेले akele, अपने आप apne āp, स्वयं svayã
by oneself in Tamil
- தனியாக, ஒருவரால், ஒன்றால்
by oneself in Marathi
- by oneself
- स्वतः svataḥ
by oneself in Urdu
- without help
- اپنے آپ apnē āp, خود بخود xud baxud, اکیلے akēlē
More languagesFewer languages
- by oneself in Malayalam
- ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് oṟṟaykkŭ, സ്വയം svayaṁ
- by oneself in Kannada
- ಸ್ವತಃ svataḥ
- by oneself in Gujarati
- જાતે jāte, મેતે měte
- by oneself in Arabic
- لوحد, لحال
- by oneself in Thai
- ด้วยตัวเอง dûai-dtuua-eeng, เอง eeng, ตามลำพัง, ลำพัง lam-pang
- by oneself in Vietnamese
- lấy, một mình
Synonyms of by oneself
- on one's own
- alone
- by one's lonesome
- on one's lonesome
- single-handed
- single-handedly
- singly
- unaidedly
- unassisted
- unassistedly
Antonyms
Questions about by oneself
- What does by oneself mean?
- By oneself means unaided; without assistance or help from others.
- What is by oneself in Hindi?
- By oneself in Hindi is अकेले (akele), अपने आप (apne āp), स्वयं (svayã). See By oneself meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is by oneself?
- By oneself is a prepositional phrase.
Words near by oneself in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: by oneself (page history and authors); by oneself (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्वतः (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಸ್ವತಃ (Kannada) (page history and authors); જાતે (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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