word-vault/dist/data/cards/yo/yourself.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "yourself",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used when the person or people being spoken to both cause and are affected by an action",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you hurt yourself?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You don't seem quite yourself today *(= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enjoy yourselves!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to emphasize the fact that the person who is being spoken to is doing something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do it yourself—I don't have time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can try it out for yourselves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You yourself are one of the chief offenders."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used instead of ‘you’ in order to sound polite or formal (although some people do not consider this use to be correct)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We sell a lot of these to people like yourself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘And yourself,’ he replied, ‘How are you?’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to act naturally",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't act sophisticated—just be yourself."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "alone; without anyone else",
            "labels": "North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How long were you by yourself in the house?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "without help",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you sure you did this exercise by yourself?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for only you to have or use; not shared",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to be away next week so you'll have the office to yourself."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɔːˈself//jəˈself/",
                "audio": "yo/yourself/yourself__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɔːˈselvz//jəˈselvz/",
                "audio": "yo/yourself/yourselves__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɔːrˈself//jʊrˈself//jərˈself/",
                "audio": "yo/yourself/yourself__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɔːrˈselvz//jʊrˈselvz//jərˈselvz/",
                "audio": "yo/yourself/yourselves__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}