# oneself
## English
### Etymology

A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one +‎ -self.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wʌnˈsɛlf/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlf

### Pronoun

oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self)
* A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
    Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.

#### Usage notes

This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.

#### Synonyms

* one's self
* one's ass

#### Derived terms

* above oneself
* absorb oneself in
* adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
* all over oneself
* apply oneself
* assert oneself
* back oneself into a corner
* bear oneself
* behave oneself
* be oneself
* beside oneself
* besides oneself
* bless oneself
* box oneself into a corner
* break one's arm patting oneself on the back
* bring oneself away
* bring oneself to
* bring out of oneself
* buy a dog and bark oneself
* by oneself
* carry oneself
* change oneself
* check in with oneself
* collect oneself
* come to oneself
* contain oneself
* cop oneself on
* crap oneself
* create daylight between oneself and someone
* cross oneself
* cry oneself to sleep
* cut oneself
* deny oneself
* despite oneself
* dig a hole for oneself
* dig oneself in, into a hole
* do oneself a mischief
* do well for oneself
* drink oneself to death
* ease oneself
* enjoy oneself
* enlarge oneself
* expose oneself
* express oneself
* fall into oneself
* fall over oneself
* feel like oneself
* feel oneself
* fend for oneself
* find it in oneself
* find oneself
* flatter oneself
* fool to oneself
* forget oneself
* full of oneself
* gather oneself, ~ together
* get above oneself
* get ahead of oneself
* get ahold of oneself
* get oneself together
* get over oneself
* get past oneself
* give a good account of oneself
* give of oneself
* give oneself airs
* go f, fuck oneself
* grip oneself with both hands
* handle oneself
* have a dog and bark oneself
* have a word with oneself
* have tickets on oneself
* have to say for oneself
* hear oneself think
* help oneself
* hold oneself together
* hug oneself
* in spite of oneself
* keep a dog and bark oneself
* keep oneself to oneself
* keep one's hands to oneself
* keep to oneself
* kill oneself
* knock oneself out
* lash oneself to the mast
* law unto oneself
* let oneself go
* lift oneself up by one's bootstraps, …boot-tags, …own bootstraps, …own boot-tags, …own waistbands
* live within oneself
* live with oneself
* look at oneself in the mirror
* lose oneself
* lose the run of oneself
* make a name for oneself
* make an exhibition of oneself
* make a nuisance of oneself
* make a pig of oneself
* make a pig out of oneself
* make a public spectacle of oneself
* make a show of oneself
* make a spectacle of oneself
* make oneself at home
* make oneself clear
* make oneself scarce
* make something of oneself
* miss oneself
* occupy oneself
* outbrake oneself
* owe it to oneself
* pace oneself
* paint oneself into a corner
* pass oneself off as
* pee oneself
* pick oneself up off the floor
* piss oneself
* play with oneself
* pleased with oneself
* pleasure oneself
* poop oneself
* prove oneself
* pull oneself
* pull oneself together
* pull oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
* pull the ladder up after/behind oneself
* put daylight between oneself and someone
* put oneself about
* put oneself across
* put oneself in someone's place, shoes
* put oneself out
* put oneself out of the way
* raise oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
* read oneself in
* redeem oneself
* reiterate oneself
* relieve oneself
* repeat oneself
* resign oneself
* rub oneself off
* satisfy oneself
* say to oneself
* score on oneself
* see for oneself
* see oneself out
* sell oneself
* sell oneself short
* service oneself
* set up to oneself
* shit oneself
* shoot oneself in the foot
* show oneself
* soil oneself
* sorry for oneself
* sort oneself out
* speak for oneself
* spread oneself (too) thin
* stuck on oneself
* suit oneself
* sun oneself
* sure of oneself
* take it upon oneself
* take oneself up by one's own ears
* take upon oneself
* talk to oneself
* think for oneself
* think no end of oneself
* through oneself
* throw oneself at
* throw oneself behind
* throw oneself into
* throw oneself on someone's mercy
* tie oneself in knots
* tie oneself to the mast
* to oneself, to-oneself
* top oneself
* touch oneself
* true to oneself
* up oneself
* wash oneself of
* wet oneself
* wipe oneself

#### Translations
### See also

* one
* self
| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our |
| second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | singular | archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) |
| second person | plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | plural | colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | y'allselves | y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed) |
| second person | plural | informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) |
| third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
| third person | singular | feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits |
| third person | singular | genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's |
| third person | plural | plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |