ourselves
Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that…Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
» Tom wants us to enjoy ourselves.
Том хоче, щоб ми добре провели час.
Meaning
4 senses(reflexive)Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
We should keep this for ourselves.
Let's not beat ourselves up over this.
себя́sebjá
себе́sebé, собі́sobí
(emphatic)Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
We did it ourselves.
(colloquial)Referring to everyone being addressed.
Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.
Now then children, I'm not going to help you with the next problem. We should be able to work this one out ourselves.
(colloquial)Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
Coordinate term: nurse's we
Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourselves this morning?
са́миsámi
ми сами́my samý, ми самі́my samí
Examples
1148 sentencesTom wants us to enjoy ourselves.
Том хоче, щоб ми добре провели час.
Can we protect ourselves or not?
Ми можемо себе захистити чи ні?
Tom and I found ourselves seats.
Ми з Томом знайшли собі місця.
Tom and I made these ourselves.
Ми з Томом зробили це самі.
We locked ourselves in our room.
Ми замкнулись у своїй кімнаті.
ruМы заперлись в нашей комнате.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Morphologically our + -selves.Morphologically our + -selves.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
26 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- that by ourselves
- care of ourselves
- to defend ourselves
- enjoyed ourselves
- enjoyed ourselves at
- defend ourselves
- problem by ourselves
- diving by ourselves
- protect ourselves
- camping by ourselves
- home by ourselves
- and enjoy ourselves