ONESELF


Meaning of ONESELF in English

Note: 'Oneself' is a third person singular reflexive pronoun.

1.

A speaker or writer uses ~ as the object of a verb or preposition in a clause where ‘~’ meaning ‘me’ or ‘any person in general’ refers to the same person as the subject of the verb. (FORMAL)

To work one must have time to ~.

PRON

2.

Oneself can be used as the object of a verb or preposition, when ‘one’ is not present but is understood to be the subject of the verb. (FORMAL)

The historic feeling of the town makes it a pleasant place to base ~ for summer vacations...

It’s so easy to feel sorry for ~...

PRON

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