oneself
Americanpronoun
idioms
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by oneself,
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without a companion; alone.
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through one's own efforts; unaided.
to become a millionaire by oneself.
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be oneself,
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to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
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to be unaffected and sincere.
One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
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come to oneself, Also come to one's self
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Also come to. to regain consciousness.
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to regain one's self-possession; come to one's senses.
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pronoun
Etymology
Origin of oneself
First recorded in 1540–50; shortened form of one's self
Example Sentences
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How about some truth in advertising: The debate’s title should have been “Agitating for Followers: the Art of Calling Attention to Oneself While Saying Absolutely Nothing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Anne Fadiman’s spring-term seminar, Writing About Oneself, is a survey of British and American memoirs, autobiographies, personal essays, and letters.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019
In 1750, when he was comfortably into middle age, Benjamin Franklin wrote a humorous piece setting forth “Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2016
"The Theatre of Oneself," says M. Evreinov, is conducted by every human being in all those acts wherein the human being is distinguishable from lower animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oneself amid this witchery How pleasantly one loses; For witches easier are to me To govern than the Muses!
From Faust — Part 1 by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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