Meaning

6 senses
  1. (pronoun, reflexive)Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.

    I taught myself.

    (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.

  2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.

    I myself have witnessed the event.

    selbst, selber

    я самja sam, я сама́ja samá

    я самja sam, я сама́ja samá

  3. In my normal state of body or mind.

    I feel like myself.

  4. (proscribed)Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.

    Give the ball to John or myself.

    mich, mir

    себя́sebjá, себе́sebé, собо́йsobój

    себе́sebé, собі́sobí, собо́юsobóju

  5. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard)My name is...

    Myself John.

  6. (archaic, proscribed)I (as the subject of a verb).

    My wife and myself want to go on vacation.

Examples

4524 sentences
  1. I like to travel by myself.

    Я люблю подорожувати один. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю путешествовать в одиночку. — Arkadeko

    deIch reise gern allein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I can do it by myself.

    Я можу зробити це самостійно. — deniko

    ruЯ сам могу это сделать. — marafon

    deIch kann das alleine. — xtofu80

  3. I can only speak for myself.

    Я можу говорити лише за себе. — deniko

    ruЯ могу говорить только за себя. — marafon

    deIch kann nur für mich sprechen. — MUIRIEL

  4. May I introduce myself to you?

    Чи можу я представитися? — deniko

    deErlauben Sie mir, mich vorzustellen? — MUIRIEL

  5. I can do it all myself.

    Я це можу зробити власними засобами. — deniko

    ruЯ могу сделать всё это сам. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in apposition with I; personally:
me, reflexive form of me:
Русский
By meaning 2
in apposition with I; personally:
me, reflexive form of me:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
in apposition with I; personally:
me, reflexive form of me:

Origin

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equiva

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • that by myself
  • myself understood understood
  • make myself understood
  • there by myself
  • make myself
  • this by myself
  • enjoyed myself
  • home by myself
  • bought myself a
  • make myself clear
  • care of myself
  • all by myself

See also

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myself — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto