itself

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[edit] Pronoun

itself the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun (the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, plural themselves)

  1. (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
    The door closed by itself
  2. (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
    The door itself is quite heavy.

[edit] See also

the English reflexive pronouns
singular plural
1st myself ourselves
2nd yourself, thyself yourselves, thyselves
3rd himself/herself/itself/oneself themselves

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