itself
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itself the third person singular, neuter, personal pronoun (the reflexive form of it, masculine himself, feminine herself, plural themselves)
- (reflexive) it; A thing as the object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
- The door closed by itself
- (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.
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English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
| Second | — | you, thou (archaic) |
you, thee (archaic) |
yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) |
your, thy (archaic) |
yours, thine (archaic) |
|
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
| Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
| Gender-neutral | they | them | themself | their | theirs | ||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours | |
| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
| Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — | |
Translations [edit]
(reflexive) it
(emphatic) it
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