myself

CEFRA1

/maɪˈsɛlf/

pronoun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    pronoun

    Used to refer to the speaker as the object of an action.

  2. 02

    pronoun

    Extra detail

    In my normal state of body or mind.

Examples

  • I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.

  • I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /məˈsɛlf/

Deep Dive

pronoun

Extra meanings

  1. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.

  2. Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.

  3. Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.

More examples

In context

  • I cut myself on a knife.

  • (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.

  • I myself have witnessed the event.

Synonyms

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Origin

pronoun

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).