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Itself
//ɪtˈsɛlf//
Synonyms for "itself" (36 found)
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Related words (18)
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54 entries'emImeThe following table shows a list of English personal pronounall your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.heherherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnincluding archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsoleteithit
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1 entriesdistinct from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 31 languages.
American Sign Language
1 entries- A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback pron ((emphatic) it)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- αὐτό pron ((emphatic) it)
- ἑαυτοῦ pron ((reflexive) it)
- ἑαυτό pron ((reflexive) it)
- ἑαυτῷ pron ((reflexive) it)
Arabic
4 entries- نَفْسُهَا pron ((reflexive) it)
- نَفْسُهَا pron ((emphatic) it)
- نَفْسُهُ pron ((reflexive) it)
- نَفْسُهُ pron ((emphatic) it)
Belarusian
3 entries- сябе́ pron ((reflexive) it)
- цца pron ((reflexive) it)
- яно́ само́ pron ((emphatic) it)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самият pron ((emphatic) it)
Catalan
2 entries- es pron ((reflexive) it)
- mateix pron ((emphatic) it)
Czech
4 entries- jako takový pron ((emphatic) it)
- o sobě pron ((emphatic) it)
- samotný pron ((emphatic) it)
- se pron ((reflexive) it)
Dutch
2 entries- zelf pron ((emphatic) it)
- zichzelf pron ((reflexive) it)
Esperanto
2 entries- mem pron ((emphatic) it)
- sin pron ((reflexive) it)
Finnish
2 entries- itse pron ((emphatic) it)
- itsensä pron ((reflexive) it)
French
2 entries- se pron ((reflexive) it)
- soi-même pron ((emphatic) it)
Galician
2 entries- mesmo pron ((emphatic) it)
- se pron ((reflexive) it)
German
4 entries- selbst pron ((reflexive) it)
- sich selbst pron ((reflexive) it)
- von allein pron ((reflexive) it)
- von selbst pron ((reflexive) it)
Hungarian
3 entries- maga pron ((reflexive) it)
- maga pron ((emphatic) it)
- magát pron ((reflexive) it)
Italian
3 entries- se stesso pron ((emphatic) it)
- sé pron ((reflexive) it)
- sé stesso pron ((emphatic) it)
Khakas
1 entries- позы pron ((reflexive) it)
Latin
4 entries- ipsum pron ((emphatic) it)
- sibi pron ((reflexive) it)
- suī pron ((reflexive) it)
- sē pron ((reflexive) it)
Latvian
2 entries- viņa pati pron ((emphatic) it)
- viņš pats pron ((emphatic) it)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- se pron ((reflexive) it)
Mauritian Creole
1 entries- limem pron ((reflexive) it)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá bí pron ((reflexive) it)
Northern Sami
2 entries- ieš pron ((emphatic) it)
- iežas pron ((reflexive) it)
Polish
2 entries- ono samo pron ((emphatic) it)
- się pron ((reflexive) it)
Portuguese
4 entries- a si mesmo pron ((reflexive) it)
- ele/ela mesmo pron ((emphatic) it)
- própria pron ((emphatic) it)
- próprio pron ((emphatic) it)
Russian
4 entries- оно́ само́ pron ((emphatic) it)
- сам себя́ pron ((reflexive) it)
- себя́ pron ((reflexive) it)
- ся pron ((reflexive) it)
Slovak
1 entries- ono samo pron ((emphatic) it)
Spanish
4 entries- a si mismo pron ((reflexive) it)
- en sí pron ((emphatic) it)
- mismo pron ((emphatic) it)
- por si mismo pron ((reflexive) it)
Tuvan
1 entries- боду pron ((reflexive) it)
Ukrainian
3 entries- воно́ само́ pron ((emphatic) it)
- само́ pron ((emphatic) it)
- се́бе pron ((reflexive) it)
Welsh
2 entries- ei hun pron ((reflexive) it)
- ei hunan pron ((reflexive) it)
Yakut
1 entries- бэйэтэ pron ((reflexive) it)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The phenomenon of interest is in itself, a most interesting subject.
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Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.
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Competition is not bad in itself.
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