yourselves

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word yourselves. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word yourselves, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say yourselves in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word yourselves you have here. The definition of the word yourselves will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofyourselves, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Morphologically your +‎ -selves.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

yourselves (second person, plural of yourself, plural reflexive of you)

  1. (reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
    You shouldn't blame yourselves.
    Talk amongst yourselves.
  2. (emphatic) You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
    You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?

Derived terms

Translations

See also