itself betydelse and definition

Betydelse av itself på svenska

• 0 used when the subject of the verb is "it" and the object is the same thing, animal, situation, or idea:

  • The cat licked itself all over.

  • You have to do something about the problem - it isn't just going to resolve itself.

  • The shop itself (= only the shopand nothing else) started 15 years ago but the internet side of the business is new.

  • The animal had been left in the house by itself for a week.

  • A cough will usually get better by itself.

  • The committee kept the results of the survey to itself (= did not tell anyone), fearing a bad public reaction.

• 1 the thing or animal being spoken about; the reflexive form of it:

  • The cat licked itself all over.

  • The company itself is 15 years old, but the mail order business is new.

  • That in itself (= without considering anything else) was quite an achievement.