themselves

Definizione monolingua themselves

themselves

Pronoun

themselves personal pronoun

1. (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun) The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.

   (reflexively): They’ve hurt themselves.

   (after a preposition): They fought among themselves.

   (for emphasis): They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.

2. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
   • 1611, King James Bible, Philippians 2.3:

     Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

   (reflexively): Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.

   (after a preposition): They’ve brought this on themselves.

   (for emphasis): The child did this themselves.

Definizione italiano>inglese themselves

essi stessi

se stessi

si

sé

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Traduzione 'veloce'

essi stessi ,se stessi ,si ,sé ,~(after a preposition): '''They’ve brought this on themselves.'''~~(reflexively): '''They’ve hurt themselves.'''~~(for emphasis): '''They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.'''~~(reflexively): '''Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.'''~~(for emphasis): '''The children did this themselves.'''~~(after a preposition): '''They fought among themselves.'''~

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