Also spelled yerseln, yourseln, yo’sef, and yo’self

US /jəˈsɛlf/
pron Freq #260

Meanings

  1. 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. 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

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.

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