Meaning

3 senses
  1. Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

    I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.

    You ate the whole thing by yourself?

    selbst, selbstständig

    самостоя́тельноsamostojátelʹno, самsam

  2. Alone, without another's immediate company.

    She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly.

    alleine

    оди́нodín, в одино́чкуv odinóčku

  3. (rare)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, oneself.

    He kept the gun by himself at all times.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. One should do one's homework by oneself.

  2. Fish caught by oneself are delicious.

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  3. Wanting to become a wiseman by oneself is completely insane.

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  4. It's preferable to be by oneself than to be in the company of toxic individuals.

  5. You'll stay and have tea with me, won't you? It's so lonesome to have tea all by oneself.

    deDu bleibst doch noch zum Tee, oder? Es ist so einsam, ganz allein Tee zu trinken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
without help:
without company:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
without help:
without company:

Synonyms

1 synonyms
unaided, alone:on one's own

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
by oneself — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto