ourselves
/ɑrˈsɛlvz/
pronoun
- Used to refer to the speaker and one or more other people as the object of a verb or preposition when they are also the subject.
- We should be proud of ourselves for finishing the project.
- We bought ourselves some ice cream after the game.
- We taught ourselves to play the guitar.
- Used for emphasis after 'we' or 'us' to make clear who is being referred to.
- We ourselves built the entire treehouse.
- The problem was caused by us ourselves, not by anyone else.
- We ourselves decided to cancel the trip.
- Used in phrases like 'by ourselves' meaning alone or without help.
- They left us by ourselves in the big house.
- We finished the puzzle all by ourselves.
- We can't solve this problem by ourselves; we need help.