ourselves
/aʊəˈsɛlvz/pron
RareNot in standard dictionaries
1
Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
2
Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
3
Referring to everyone being addressed.
4
Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#colloquial