🙋‍♂️himself

pronoun
/hɪmˈself/

Meaning

Used to emphasize that a male person does something by his own effort.

Example Sentences

He fixed the car himself.

Example Expressions

by himself

Synonyms

alone, personally, individually, on his own

Antonyms

together, with others

Collocations

by himself, for himself, himself alone

More Example Sentences

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months until he can play his favorite songs from start to finish

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh he finally gets a neat, straight knot then checks himself in the mirror with a proud grin

A man teaches himself to play the guitar using free lessons on the internet after buying an inexpensive acoustic guitar from a second-hand music shop and he practices basic chords every evening in his living room after dinner struggling at first with sore fingers and wrong notes but gradually improving over several months until he can play his favorite songs from start to finish and surprises his family with a performance at a holiday gathering.

A man returns a library book that is two weeks overdue to the public library in his neighborhood and apologizes to the librarian at the front desk who tells him there is a small fine to pay so he pays it and asks about the late return policy to avoid the same situation in the future then browses the shelves for a new book to read and picks a novel recommended by a friend at work promising himself to finish and return it well before the due date.

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh he finally gets a neat, straight knot then checks himself in the mirror with a proud grin and walks to school feeling grown-up and ready for the ceremony.

Related Vocabularies

used by the speaker to refer to themselves and one or more others as the object of the verb
belonging to or associated with us
people or things distinct from the ones already mentioned or known
all people; everyone
an unspecified person
used to refer to a female person or animal already mentioned or easily identified

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