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se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  • itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
  • marry verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
  • themselves pron The reflexive form of "they" used for a group of people or things already mentioned.
  • you pronoun The person or people being spoken or written to.

Senses

se is used for these senses in English:

  • himself (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
  • itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
  • marry (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]
  • 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).
  • themselves (reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun. The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).
  • you (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]

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.

itself — full definition

  1. pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
  2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that something acted alone or that a quality applies purely to the thing named.

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