ourselves

pronoun
/aʊəˈsɛlvz/

Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.

Example

“We should keep this for ourselves.”

Other meanings

Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
“We did it ourselves.”
Referring to everyone being addressed.
“Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.”

Related words

between ourselves

Example sentences

“Is everything we experience a reflection of ourselves?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“We did good things for others and for ourselves.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ourselves” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.