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{
"term": "themselves",
"partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They seemed to be enjoying themselves."
},
{
"text": "The children were arguing amongst themselves."
},
{
"text": "They've bought themselves a new car."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used instead of himself or herself to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There wasn't anyone who hadn't enjoyed themselves."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to emphasize they or a plural subject",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They themselves had had a similar experience."
},
{
"text": "Don and Julie paid for it themselves."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "alone; without anyone else",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They wanted to spend the evening by themselves."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "without help",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They did the cooking by themselves."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "for only them to have or use; not shared with others",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðəmˈselvz/",
"audio": "th/themselves/themselves__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ðəmˈselvz/",
"audio": "th/themselves/themselves__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}