Definitions for oneself

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oneself one·self

Spelling: [wuhn-self, wuhnz-]

IPA: /wʌnˈsɛlf, wʌnz-/

Oneself is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in oneself (eeflnos).

Definitions for oneself

Idioms

1. be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere:
2. by oneself, without a companion; alone. through one's own efforts; unaided:
3. come to oneself, Also, come to. to regain consciousness. to regain one's self-possession; come to one's senses. Also, come to one's self.

pronoun

1. a person's self (used for emphasis or reflexively):

Origin of oneself

First recorded in 1540-50; shortened form of one's self

Examples for oneself

It frightens the psychological concept of oneself that all of us rely on to maintain our dignity and overcome uncertainty in life.

It was like making emotion and thought physical, to be undergone apart from oneself.

From savages one cannot expect too much, not even from oneself.

When it doesn't succeed, one's only got oneself to blame, that's all.

One could think of oneself as knowing God, and be aware of no forcing of the note.

For oneself, yes—but for others who suffer and don't believe!

How many details are needed, after all, before one can say to oneself, “This is what I have lost?”

When one plays life that way, one in a way awakes creative vital energies in oneself that otherwise are not available.

There is no more reason to believe in oneself than in the external world.

Guns are the most popular and effective method of killing—both of oneself and of others.