ALL meanings of themselves
them·selves
T t - pronoun themselves reflexive 1
- pronoun themselves they: emphatic form 1
- pronoun themselves their normal selves 1
- pronoun themselves himself or herself 1
- pronoun themselves in person 1
- pronoun themselves You use themselves to refer to people, animals, or things when the object of a verb or preposition refers to the same people or things as the subject of the verb. 0
- pronoun themselves You use themselves to emphasize the people or things that you are referring to. Themselves is also sometimes used instead of 'them' as the object of a verb or preposition. 0
- pronoun themselves You use themselves instead of 'himself or herself' to refer back to the person who is the subject of a sentence without saying whether it is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. 0
- pronoun themselves You use themselves instead of 'himself or herself' to emphasize the person you are referring to without saying whether it is a man or a woman. Themselves is also sometimes used as the object of a verb or preposition. Some people think this use is incorrect. 0
- pronoun themselves the reflexive form of they or them 0
- pronoun themselves (intensifier) 0
- pronoun themselves their normal or usual selves 0
- pronoun themselves a reflexive form of an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody 0
- pronoun themselves a form of they, used: 0
- pronoun themselves as an intensifier 0
- pronoun themselves as a reflexive 0
- pronoun themselves with the meaning “their real, true, or normal selves” [they are not themselves today] 0