"oneself" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /wʌnˈsɛlf/ Audio: en-us-oneself.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛlf Etymology: A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one + -self. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|one|self}} one + -self Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun|one|formerly sometimes two words:|one's self|||||||||||||head=}} oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self), {{en-pron|reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun|one|formerly sometimes two words:|one's self}} oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self)
  1. A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself. Tags: form-of, reflexive Synonyms: one's self, one's ass Translations (a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself): نَفْس (nafs) (Arabic), es (Catalan), 家己 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 自己 (zi⁶ gei²) (Chinese Cantonese), 自己 (zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 自身 (zìshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 自個兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 自个儿 (zìgěr) (Chinese Mandarin), zichzelf (Dutch), zich (Dutch), шке (ške) (Eastern Mari), mem (Esperanto), itsensä (Finnish), soi-même (French), un mesmo (Galician), si mesmo (Galician), se (Galician), si [prepositional] (Galician), selbst (German), sich (German), स्वयं (svayã) (Hindi), ख़ुद (xud) (Hindi), maga (Hungarian), önmaga (Hungarian), saját maga (Hungarian), (Italian), se stesso [masculine] (Italian), se stessa [feminine] (Italian), 自分 (jibun) (alt: じぶん) (Japanese), 自分自身 (jibun jishin) (alt: じぶんじしん) (Japanese), 自身 (jishin) (alt: じしん) (Japanese), 自己 (jiko) (alt: じこ) (Japanese), 자신 (jasin) (alt: 自身) (Korean), 자기 (jagi) (alt: 自己) (Korean), se (Lower Sorbian), limem (Mauritian Creole), خود (xud, xod) (Persian), نفس (nafs) (Persian), siebie (Polish), sobie (Polish), se (Portuguese), si [prepositional] (Portuguese), kiki (Quechua), сам (sam) [nominative] (Russian), себя́ (sebjá) [accusative, genitive] (Russian), себе́ (sebé) [dative, prepositional] (Russian), स्वयम् (svayam) (Sanskrit), sí mismo (Spanish), uno mismo (Spanish), sig själv (Swedish), sig (Swedish), en själv (Swedish), తాను (tānu) (Telugu), ตัวเอง (dtuua-eeng) (Thai), خود (xud) (Urdu), mình (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-oneself-en-pron-4C~v4ZqH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English grammar appendices, English links with manual fragments, English pronouns, English terms suffixed with -self, English third person pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mauritian Creole translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Urdu terms with redundant script codes Derived forms: above oneself, absorb oneself in, adorn oneself with borrowed plumes, all over oneself, apply oneself, assert oneself, back oneself into a corner, bear oneself, behave oneself, be oneself, beside oneself, besides oneself, bless oneself, box oneself into a corner, break one's arm patting oneself on the back, bring oneself away, bring oneself to, bring out of oneself, buy a dog and bark oneself, by oneself, carry oneself, change oneself, check in with oneself, collect oneself, come to oneself, contain oneself, cop oneself on, crap oneself, create daylight between oneself and someone, cross oneself, cry oneself to sleep, cut oneself, deny oneself, despite oneself, dig a hole for oneself, dig oneself in, into a hole, do oneself a mischief, do well for oneself, drink oneself to death, ease oneself, enjoy oneself, enlarge oneself, expose oneself, express oneself, fall into oneself, fall over oneself, feel like oneself, feel oneself, fend for oneself, find it in oneself, find oneself, flatter oneself, fool to oneself, forget oneself, full of oneself, gather oneself, oneself together, get above oneself, get ahead of oneself, get ahold of oneself, get oneself together, get over oneself, get past oneself, give a good account of oneself, give of oneself, give oneself airs, go f, fuck oneself, grip oneself with both hands, handle oneself, have a dog and bark oneself, have a word with oneself, have tickets on oneself, have to say for oneself, hear oneself think, help oneself, hold oneself together, hug oneself, in spite of oneself, keep a dog and bark oneself, keep oneself to oneself, keep one's hands to oneself, keep to oneself, kill oneself, knock oneself out, lash oneself to the mast, law unto oneself, let oneself go, lift oneself up by one's bootstraps, …boot-tags, …own bootstraps, …own boot-tags, …own waistbands, live within oneself, live with oneself, look at oneself in the mirror, lose oneself, lose the run of oneself, make a name for oneself, make an exhibition of oneself, make a nuisance of oneself, make a pig of oneself, make a pig out of oneself, make a public spectacle of oneself, make a show of oneself, make a spectacle of oneself, make oneself at home, make oneself clear, make oneself scarce, make something of oneself, miss oneself, occupy oneself, outbrake oneself, owe it to oneself, pace oneself, paint oneself into a corner, pass oneself off as, pee oneself, pick oneself up off the floor, piss oneself, play with oneself, pleased with oneself, pleasure oneself, poop oneself, prove oneself, pull oneself, pull oneself together, pull oneself up by one's bootstraps (english: own), pull the ladder up after, behind oneself, put daylight between oneself and someone, put oneself about, put oneself across, put oneself in someone's place, shoes, put oneself out, put oneself out of the way, raise oneself up by one's bootstraps (english: own), read oneself in, redeem oneself, reiterate oneself, relieve oneself, repeat oneself, resign oneself, rub oneself off, satisfy oneself, say to oneself, score on oneself, for oneself, oneself out, sell oneself, sell oneself short, service oneself, set up to oneself, shit oneself, shoot oneself in the foot, show oneself, soil oneself, sorry for oneself, sort oneself out, speak for oneself, spread oneself thin (english: too), stuck on oneself, suit oneself, sun oneself, sure of oneself, take it upon oneself, take oneself up by one's own ears, take upon oneself, talk to oneself, think for oneself, think no end of oneself, through oneself, throw oneself at, throw oneself behind, throw oneself into, throw oneself on someone's mercy, tie oneself in knots, tie oneself to the mast, to oneself, to-oneself, top oneself, touch oneself, true to oneself, up oneself, wash oneself of, wet oneself, wipe oneself Related terms: one, self, Ime [colloquial], me, myselfmemysen, mine, mymineme [archaic, before-vowel], we, us, ourselvesourselfoursen, ours, our, you, yourselfyoursen, yoursyourn [dialectal, obsolete], your, thou, thee, thyselftheeselfthysen, thine, thythine [before-vowel], youye [archaic], yourselves, you ally'all you guys, y'allselves, y'all's you guys' your guys' [proscribed], y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' [nonstandard, proscribed], he, him, himselfhisselfhissen [archaic], hishisn [dialectal, obsolete], his, she, her, herselfhersen, hershern [dialectal, obsolete], ithit, itselfhitself, itshis [archaic], itshishits [archaic], they, them, themself, themselves, theirs, their, , one's, themhem, 'em, themselvestheirsen, theirstheirn [dialectal, obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "word": "above oneself"
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          "word": "apply oneself"
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          "word": "assert oneself"
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          "word": "bring oneself to"
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          "word": "bring out of oneself"
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          "word": "cut oneself"
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        {
          "word": "deny oneself"
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        {
          "word": "despite oneself"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "expose oneself"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "fool to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "forget oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "full of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "gather oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "oneself together"
        },
        {
          "word": "get above oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "get ahead of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "get ahold of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "get oneself together"
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        {
          "word": "get over oneself"
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        {
          "word": "get past oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "give a good account of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "give of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "give oneself airs"
        },
        {
          "word": "go f"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck oneself"
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        {
          "word": "grip oneself with both hands"
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          "word": "have a word with oneself"
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          "word": "have to say for oneself"
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        {
          "word": "hear oneself think"
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        {
          "word": "help oneself"
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        {
          "word": "hold oneself together"
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          "word": "hug oneself"
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        {
          "word": "in spite of oneself"
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          "word": "keep a dog and bark oneself"
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        {
          "word": "keep oneself to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's hands to oneself"
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        {
          "word": "keep to oneself"
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        {
          "word": "kill oneself"
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        {
          "word": "knock oneself out"
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        {
          "word": "lash oneself to the mast"
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        {
          "word": "law unto oneself"
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        {
          "word": "let oneself go"
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        {
          "word": "lift oneself up by one's bootstraps"
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          "word": "…own bootstraps"
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        {
          "word": "…own boot-tags"
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        {
          "word": "…own waistbands"
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        {
          "word": "live within oneself"
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        {
          "word": "live with oneself"
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        {
          "word": "look at oneself in the mirror"
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        {
          "word": "lose oneself"
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        {
          "word": "lose the run of oneself"
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        {
          "word": "make a name for oneself"
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          "word": "make an exhibition of oneself"
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          "word": "make a nuisance of oneself"
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          "word": "make a pig of oneself"
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          "word": "make a pig out of oneself"
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          "word": "make a spectacle of oneself"
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          "word": "miss oneself"
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          "word": "occupy oneself"
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          "word": "outbrake oneself"
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          "word": "owe it to oneself"
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          "word": "pass oneself off as"
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          "word": "pick oneself up off the floor"
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          "word": "piss oneself"
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          "word": "play with oneself"
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          "word": "pleased with oneself"
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          "word": "prove oneself"
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          "word": "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps"
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          "word": "pull the ladder up after"
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          "word": "behind oneself"
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          "word": "put daylight between oneself and someone"
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          "word": "put oneself in someone's place"
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          "word": "shoes"
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          "word": "put oneself out"
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          "word": "put oneself out of the way"
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          "word": "raise oneself up by one's bootstraps"
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          "word": "read oneself in"
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        {
          "word": "redeem oneself"
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        {
          "word": "reiterate oneself"
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        {
          "word": "relieve oneself"
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        {
          "word": "repeat oneself"
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        {
          "word": "resign oneself"
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        {
          "word": "rub oneself off"
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        {
          "word": "satisfy oneself"
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        {
          "word": "say to oneself"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "sell oneself"
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        {
          "word": "sell oneself short"
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        {
          "word": "service oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "set up to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "shit oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
        },
        {
          "word": "show oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "soil oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "sorry for oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "sort oneself out"
        },
        {
          "word": "speak for oneself"
        },
        {
          "english": "too",
          "word": "spread oneself thin"
        },
        {
          "word": "stuck on oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "suit oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "sun oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "sure of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "take it upon oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "take oneself up by one's own ears"
        },
        {
          "word": "take upon oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "talk to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "think for oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "think no end of oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "through oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw oneself at"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw oneself behind"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw oneself into"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw oneself on someone's mercy"
        },
        {
          "word": "tie oneself in knots"
        },
        {
          "word": "tie oneself to the mast"
        },
        {
          "word": "to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "to-oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "top oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "touch oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "true to oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "up oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "wash oneself of"
        },
        {
          "word": "wet oneself"
        },
        {
          "word": "wipe oneself"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself."
      ],
      "id": "en-oneself-en-pron-4C~v4ZqH",
      "links": [
        [
          "self",
          "self"
        ],
        [
          "himself",
          "himself#English"
        ],
        [
          "herself",
          "herself#English"
        ],
        [
          "themself",
          "themself#English"
        ],
        [
          "yourself",
          "yourself#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "one"
        },
        {
          "word": "self"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "Ime"
        },
        {
          "word": "me"
        },
        {
          "word": "myselfmemysen"
        },
        {
          "word": "mine"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "before-vowel"
          ],
          "word": "mymineme"
        },
        {
          "word": "we"
        },
        {
          "word": "us"
        },
        {
          "word": "ourselvesourselfoursen"
        },
        {
          "word": "ours"
        },
        {
          "word": "our"
        },
        {
          "word": "you"
        },
        {
          "word": "yourselfyoursen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "yoursyourn"
        },
        {
          "word": "your"
        },
        {
          "word": "thou"
        },
        {
          "word": "thee"
        },
        {
          "word": "thyselftheeselfthysen"
        },
        {
          "word": "thine"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "before-vowel"
          ],
          "word": "thythine"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "youye"
        },
        {
          "word": "yourselves"
        },
        {
          "word": "you ally'all you guys"
        },
        {
          "word": "y'allselves"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "proscribed"
          ],
          "word": "y'all's you guys' your guys'"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "nonstandard",
            "proscribed"
          ],
          "word": "y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'"
        },
        {
          "word": "he"
        },
        {
          "word": "him"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "himselfhisselfhissen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "hishisn"
        },
        {
          "word": "his"
        },
        {
          "word": "she"
        },
        {
          "word": "her"
        },
        {
          "word": "herselfhersen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "hershern"
        },
        {
          "word": "ithit"
        },
        {
          "word": "itselfhitself"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "itshis"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "itshishits"
        },
        {
          "word": "they"
        },
        {
          "word": "them"
        },
        {
          "word": "themself"
        },
        {
          "word": "themselves"
        },
        {
          "word": "theirs"
        },
        {
          "word": "their"
        },
        {
          "word": "–"
        },
        {
          "word": "one's"
        },
        {
          "word": "themhem"
        },
        {
          "word": "'em"
        },
        {
          "word": "themselvestheirsen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "theirstheirn"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "one's self"
        },
        {
          "word": "one's ass"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nafs",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "نَفْس"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "es"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zi⁶ gei²",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自己"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "家己"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zìjǐ",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自己"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zìshēn",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自身"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自個兒"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zìgěr",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自个儿"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "zichzelf"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "zich"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "mem"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "itsensä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "soi-même"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "un mesmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "si mesmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "se"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "prepositional"
          ],
          "word": "si"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "selbst"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sich"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "svayã",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "स्वयं"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xud",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "ख़ुद"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "maga"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "önmaga"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "saját maga"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sé"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "se stesso"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "se stessa"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じぶん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jibun",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自分"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じぶんじしん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jibun jishin",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自分自身"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じしん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jishin",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自身"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jiko",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "自己"
        },
        {
          "alt": "自身",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jasin",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "자신"
        },
        {
          "alt": "自己",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jagi",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "자기"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "ške",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "шке"
        },
        {
          "code": "mfe",
          "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "limem"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xud, xod",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "خود"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nafs",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "نفس"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "siebie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sobie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "se"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "prepositional"
          ],
          "word": "si"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "kiki"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sam",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "nominative"
          ],
          "word": "сам"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sebjá",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "accusative",
            "genitive"
          ],
          "word": "себя́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sebé",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "tags": [
            "dative",
            "prepositional"
          ],
          "word": "себе́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "svayam",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "स्वयम्"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "se"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sí mismo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "uno mismo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sig själv"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "sig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "en själv"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "tānu",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "తాను"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtuua-eeng",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "ตัวเอง"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xud",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "خود"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
          "word": "mình"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌnˈsɛlf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-oneself.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-oneself.ogg/En-us-oneself.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-oneself.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oneself"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "above oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "absorb oneself in"
    },
    {
      "word": "adorn oneself with borrowed plumes"
    },
    {
      "word": "all over oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "apply oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "assert oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "back oneself into a corner"
    },
    {
      "word": "bear oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "behave oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "be oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "beside oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "besides oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "bless oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "box oneself into a corner"
    },
    {
      "word": "break one's arm patting oneself on the back"
    },
    {
      "word": "bring oneself away"
    },
    {
      "word": "bring oneself to"
    },
    {
      "word": "bring out of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "buy a dog and bark oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "by oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "carry oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "change oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "check in with oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "collect oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "come to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "contain oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "cop oneself on"
    },
    {
      "word": "crap oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "create daylight between oneself and someone"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "cry oneself to sleep"
    },
    {
      "word": "cut oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "deny oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "despite oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "dig a hole for oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "dig oneself in"
    },
    {
      "word": "into a hole"
    },
    {
      "word": "do oneself a mischief"
    },
    {
      "word": "do well for oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "drink oneself to death"
    },
    {
      "word": "ease oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "enjoy oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "enlarge oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "expose oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "express oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "fall into oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "fall over oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "feel like oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "feel oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "fend for oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "find it in oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "find oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "flatter oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "fool to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "forget oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "full of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "gather oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "oneself together"
    },
    {
      "word": "get above oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "get ahead of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "get ahold of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "get oneself together"
    },
    {
      "word": "get over oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "get past oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "give a good account of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "give of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "give oneself airs"
    },
    {
      "word": "go f"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuck oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "grip oneself with both hands"
    },
    {
      "word": "handle oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "have a dog and bark oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "have a word with oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "have tickets on oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "have to say for oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "hear oneself think"
    },
    {
      "word": "help oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold oneself together"
    },
    {
      "word": "hug oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "in spite of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep a dog and bark oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep oneself to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep one's hands to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "kill oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "knock oneself out"
    },
    {
      "word": "lash oneself to the mast"
    },
    {
      "word": "law unto oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "let oneself go"
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      "word": "lift oneself up by one's bootstraps"
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      "word": "…boot-tags"
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      "word": "…own bootstraps"
    },
    {
      "word": "…own boot-tags"
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    {
      "word": "…own waistbands"
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      "word": "live within oneself"
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      "word": "live with oneself"
    },
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      "word": "look at oneself in the mirror"
    },
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      "word": "lose oneself"
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      "word": "lose the run of oneself"
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      "word": "make a name for oneself"
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      "word": "make an exhibition of oneself"
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      "word": "make a nuisance of oneself"
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      "word": "make a pig of oneself"
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      "word": "make a pig out of oneself"
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      "word": "make a public spectacle of oneself"
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      "word": "make a show of oneself"
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      "word": "make a spectacle of oneself"
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      "word": "make oneself at home"
    },
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      "word": "make oneself clear"
    },
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      "word": "make oneself scarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "make something of oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "miss oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "occupy oneself"
    },
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      "word": "outbrake oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "owe it to oneself"
    },
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      "word": "pace oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "paint oneself into a corner"
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    {
      "word": "pass oneself off as"
    },
    {
      "word": "pee oneself"
    },
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      "word": "pick oneself up off the floor"
    },
    {
      "word": "piss oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "play with oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleased with oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleasure oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "poop oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "prove oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull oneself together"
    },
    {
      "english": "own",
      "word": "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull the ladder up after"
    },
    {
      "word": "behind oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "put daylight between oneself and someone"
    },
    {
      "word": "put oneself about"
    },
    {
      "word": "put oneself across"
    },
    {
      "word": "put oneself in someone's place"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoes"
    },
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      "word": "put oneself out"
    },
    {
      "word": "put oneself out of the way"
    },
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      "english": "own",
      "word": "raise oneself up by one's bootstraps"
    },
    {
      "word": "read oneself in"
    },
    {
      "word": "redeem oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "reiterate oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "relieve oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "repeat oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "resign oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "rub oneself off"
    },
    {
      "word": "satisfy oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "say to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "score on oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "for oneself"
    },
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      "word": "oneself out"
    },
    {
      "word": "sell oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "sell oneself short"
    },
    {
      "word": "service oneself"
    },
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      "word": "set up to oneself"
    },
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      "word": "shit oneself"
    },
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      "word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
    },
    {
      "word": "show oneself"
    },
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      "word": "soil oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "sorry for oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "sort oneself out"
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      "word": "speak for oneself"
    },
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      "english": "too",
      "word": "spread oneself thin"
    },
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      "word": "stuck on oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "suit oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "sun oneself"
    },
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      "word": "sure of oneself"
    },
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      "word": "take it upon oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "take oneself up by one's own ears"
    },
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      "word": "take upon oneself"
    },
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      "word": "talk to oneself"
    },
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      "word": "think for oneself"
    },
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      "word": "think no end of oneself"
    },
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      "word": "through oneself"
    },
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      "word": "throw oneself at"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw oneself behind"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw oneself into"
    },
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      "word": "throw oneself on someone's mercy"
    },
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      "word": "tie oneself in knots"
    },
    {
      "word": "tie oneself to the mast"
    },
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      "word": "to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "to-oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "top oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "touch oneself"
    },
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      "word": "true to oneself"
    },
    {
      "word": "up oneself"
    },
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      "word": "wash oneself of"
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    }
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
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      "word": "she"
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        "archaic"
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      "word": "they"
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    {
      "word": "them"
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      "word": "themself"
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      "word": "themselves"
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      "word": "theirs"
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      "word": "their"
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      "word": "–"
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      "word": "one's"
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      "word": "'em"
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      "word": "themselvestheirsen"
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        "Rhymes:English/ɛlf/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mauritian Creole translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Quechua translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with redundant script codes"
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        {
          "text": "Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.",
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        "A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself."
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      "word": "one's self"
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    {
      "word": "one's ass"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nafs",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "نَفْس"
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      "word": "es"
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      "roman": "zi⁶ gei²",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自己"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "家己"
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自己"
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      "word": "自身"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自個兒"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zìgěr",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自个儿"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "zichzelf"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "mem"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "itsensä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
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      "word": "si mesmo"
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      "word": "se"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "si"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "selbst"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sich"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svayã",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "स्वयं"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "xud",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "ख़ुद"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "maga"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "saját maga"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sé"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
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      "alt": "じぶん",
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      "roman": "jibun",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自分"
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      "alt": "じぶんじしん",
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      "roman": "jibun jishin",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自分自身"
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      "alt": "じしん",
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      "roman": "jishin",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自身"
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      "alt": "じこ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jiko",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "自己"
    },
    {
      "alt": "自身",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jasin",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "자신"
    },
    {
      "alt": "自己",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jagi",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "자기"
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      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "ške",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "шке"
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    {
      "code": "mfe",
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "limem"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xud, xod",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "خود"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nafs",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "نفس"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "siebie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional"
      ],
      "word": "si"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "kiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sam",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сам"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sebé",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "prepositional"
      ],
      "word": "себе́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "svayam",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "स्वयम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sí mismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "uno mismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sig själv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "en själv"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tānu",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "తాను"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-eeng",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "ตัวเอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xud",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "خود"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself",
      "word": "mình"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oneself"
}

Download raw JSONL data for oneself meaning in English (19.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: formerly sometimes two words: one's self",
  "path": [
    "oneself"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "oneself",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ka-kī vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "oneself"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "oneself",
  "trace": ""
}

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