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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

ourselves

/aʊəˈsɛlvz/

pronoun

used by a speaker to show that they and one or more people are affected by their action

  • “We found ourselves between a rock and a hard place.”Tatoeba
  • “We have prepared ourselves to leave for the nearby area.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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