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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024it•self /ɪtˈsɛlf/USA pronunciation pron. - PronounsThis pronoun, a reflexive form of it,is used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition to refer to the same thing as the subject:The battery recharges itself (= The battery recharges the same battery). The bird built a nest for itself.
- This pronoun is used to give emphasis to a noun or pronoun, not a person:which itself is a fact; The land itself was not for sale.
- This pronoun is used to refer to the normal or usual self (when not a person):The injured cat was never quite itself again.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024it•self (it self′),USA pronunciation pron. - a reflexive form of it: The battery recharges itself.
- an emphatic appositive of it, which, that, this, or a noun:which itself is also true; Even without flowers, the bowl itself is beautiful.
- (used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb):The chameleon's ability to change color is a protection for itself.
- its normal or customary self:After much tender care, the puppy was soon itself again.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hit self. See it1, self
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: itself /ɪtˈsɛlf/ pron - the reflexive form of it
- (intensifier): even the money itself won't convince me
- (preceded by a copula) its normal or usual self: my cat isn't itself today
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