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Meaning of herself

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

herself

Pronunciation:/hɜːˈsɛlf//hɝˈsɛlf/

pronoun

Definitions

  1. (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.

    Example: She injured herself.

  2. She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.

    Example: She was injured herself.

  3. The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

    Example: Have you seen herself yet this morning?