myself
Syllables: my·self/maɪˈsɛlf/
myself pronoun: me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
Pronoun (1)
myself (reflexive case of I)
- Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
- I taught myself.
- (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
- Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
- I myself have witnessed the event.
- In my normal state of body or mind.
- I feel like myself.
- Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
- Give the ball to John or myself.
- I (as the subject of a verb).
- My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
- And my selfe have knowen a Gentleman, a chiefe officer of our crowne, that by right and hope of succession (had he lived unto it) was to inherit above fifty thousand crownes a yeere good land[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- my name is...
- Myself John.
Pronoun (2) capitalized: Myself
Myself
- Alternative letter-case form of myself used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
myself meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
myself in Hindi
- me, reflexive form of me
- खुद khud, मैं ma͠i
myself in Tamil
- me, reflexive form of me
- நானே nāṉē
myself in Urdu
- in apposition with I; personally
- خود xod
- me, reflexive form of me
- خود xod, مَیں ma͠i
myself in Bengali
- me, reflexive form of me
- নিজেকে nijeke
More languagesFewer languages
- myself in Telugu
- నాకు nāku
- myself in Kannada
- ನನ್ನ nanna
- myself in Punjabi
- ਮੈਂ maĩ
- myself in Assamese
- নিজে nize, নিজকে nizke
- myself in Arabic
- نَفْسِي nafsī
- myself in Indonesian
- diri
- myself in Thai
- ตนเอง dton ayng
- myself in Vietnamese
- mình, tự
Examples of myself in a sentence
- Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- Myself am confident that an ointment of it is one of the best remedies for a scabby head that is.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged:
Synonyms of myself
Forms of myself
| reflexive | case of I |
|---|---|
| alternative form (nonstandard) | meself |
| alternative form (obsolete) | myselfe |
Origin of myself
From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).
Phrases with myself
Words that rhyme with myself
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- atself
- Godself
- Guelph
- hirself
- it self
- m'self
- themself
- xyrself
- zirself
- -self
- Belf
- Chelf
- coself
- eirself
- emself
- Guelf
- Helf
- hisself
- hitself
- ittself
- know thyself
- meself
- off-the-shelf
- one's self
- oneself
- perself
- Relph
- theeself
- theirself
- theyself
- thonself
- thyself
- xemself
- y'allself
- yerself
- yo'self
- yoself
- youself
Questions about myself
- What does myself mean?
- Myself means me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
- What is myself in Hindi?
- Myself in Hindi is खुद (khud), मैं (ma͠i). See Myself meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use myself in a sentence?
- Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again.
- What part of speech is myself?
- Myself is a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce myself?
- Myself is pronounced /maɪˈsɛlf/.
Words near myself in the dictionary
Source and license
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