myself

1. 1

   Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.pronounreflexive

   • I taught myself.
   • (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
2. 2

   Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.

   • I myself have witnessed the event.
3. 3

   In my normal state of body or mind.

   • I feel like myself.
4. 4

   Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.proscribed

   • Give the ball to John or myself.
5. 5

   I (as the subject of a verb).archaicproscribed

   • My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
6. 6

   my name is...IndiaPakistannonstandard

   • Myself John.

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