"ourselves" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /aʊəˈsɛlvz/ [UK], /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ [US] Audio: en-us-ourselves.ogg [US]
  1. The reflexive case of we, the first-person plural personal pronoun.
    Sense id: simple-ourselves-en-pron-RVLkW5rR
  2. us (referring to us, when we have already been mentioned)
    Sense id: simple-ourselves-en-pron-mDLGqGYZ
  3. we (used as an intensifier)
    Sense id: simple-ourselves-en-pron-MCkqXOGq
     
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "The reflexive case of we, the first-person plural personal pronoun."
      ],
      "id": "simple-ourselves-en-pron-RVLkW5rR"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We should keep this for ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "us (referring to us, when we have already been mentioned)"
      ],
      "id": "simple-ourselves-en-pron-mDLGqGYZ"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We did it ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we (used as an intensifier)"
      ],
      "id": "simple-ourselves-en-pron-MCkqXOGq"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊəˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ourselves"
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{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The reflexive case of we, the first-person plural personal pronoun."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We should keep this for ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "us (referring to us, when we have already been mentioned)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We did it ourselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we (used as an intensifier)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊəˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ourselves.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ourselves"
}

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