yourself A1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words Also spelled yerseln, yourseln, yo’sef, and yo’self US /jəˈsɛlf/ See IPA manual Freq #260 Meanings 1 pron Your own self; used when you are both the subject and the object of an action. Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself. 2 pron You, used for emphasis to stress that you alone are involved. You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong. Thesaurus Word family Forms yourselves Derived forms do-it-yourself Related forms heherherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshis Etymology AI details From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self. yourself Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # yourself **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** pron **IPA (US):** /jəˈsɛlf/ **Frequency rank:** 260 ## Meanings 1. Your own self; used when you are both the subject and the object of an action. 2. You, used for emphasis to stress that you alone are involved. ## Examples - Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself. - You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong. ## Derived Forms - do-it-yourself ## Related Forms - he - her - herselfhersen - hershern - him - himselfhisselfhissen - his - hishisn - ime - ithit - itselfhitself - itshis ## Roots and Affixes - Root: yourself ## Etymology From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self. ## AI Etymology Yourself is from Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self. A key historical form is Middle English yourself. In present-day use, it can mean your own self; used when you are both the subject and the object of an action, or you, used for emphasis to stress that you alone are involved. Derived formations include do-it-yourself. Related words include he, her, herselfhersen, hershern, him. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown