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se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • each other pronoun Used to show that each of two or more people or things does something to the other and receives the same thing back.
  • 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.
  • itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.

Senses

se is used for these senses in English:

  • each other (reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:
  • herself (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
  • 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

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.

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