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同一 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • herself pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
  • himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  • ourselves pron Used to refer back to the speaker and others as the same people affected by the action, or to emphasize that group.
  • same adj Identical; not different from another thing or from itself at an earlier point.
  • themselves pron The reflexive form of "they" used for a group of people or things already mentioned.

Senses

同一 is used for these senses in English:

  • herself (emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .
  • himself (emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate
  • ourselves (emphatic) Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
  • same Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  • same Something similar, something of the identical type.
  • themselves (reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

herself — full definition

  1. pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
  2. pron Used to emphasize that a woman did something without help or personally.

himself — full definition

  1. pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that he alone did something.

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