ITSELF

Definition: ITSELF

ITSELF

Pronoun

1. The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ITSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Disclosure

Be disclosed; transpire, come to light; come in sight; (be visible); become known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out; show its face, show its colors; discover; itself; break through the clouds, flash on the mind.

Insertion

Insert; itself; plunge in medias res.

Speciality

I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself.

Crosswords: ITSELF

A town that won't defend itself deserves no help (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

That's very good Jack, because, uh, for some people, solitude and isolation can, of itself become a problem (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

! Let the whole bloody world come in and blow itself to pieces, that's what it deserves (The Guns of Navarone; writing credit: Alistair MacLean; Carl Foreman)

You were the grace that placed itself (Candle In The Wind 1997; performing artist: Elton John)

Gonna work itself out (Miracle; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi)

This reflection of light unfolding onto itself (Anarchy Through Capitolism; performing artist: Kottonmouth Kings)

The future showed itself to me (I BELIEVE IN LOVE; performing artist: Paula Cole)

Music is a world within itself (Sir Duke; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time. (references; author: Mark Twain)

In a united family, happiness springs of itself. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

History repeats itself, but each time the price goes up. (references; author: unknown)

Life itself cannot give you joy unless you really will it. (references; author: unknown)

Try not to let your mind wander. It is too small to be out by itself. (references; author: unknown)

Fear Itself (2003)

Life Itself (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Life Itself (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fdr:Fear Itself 1921-1933 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

AZT in bottles is used intravenously in treating patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS. Azidothymidine is an antiviral drug which floods the cell with false DNA building blocks so that the virus cannot make copies of itself. When this happens, viral infection and replication is stopped. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

AZT, in tablet and capsule forms, is used in treating patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS. Azidothymidine is an antiviral drug which floods the cell with false DNA building blocks so that the virus cannot make copies of itself. When this happens, viral infection and replication is stopped. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Here the disease has manifested itself as a cutaneous ulceration, which has begun to turn black, hence the origin of the name "Anthrax", after the Greek name for coal. Credit: CDC.

Gonorrhea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, if left untreated will enter the blood, thereby, spreading throughout the body. As is shown here, such full body dissemination may manifest itself as skin lesions and arthritic joints. Credit: CDC.

The wasp’s compound eye is actually made up of many identical receptor units called ommatidia. Each receptor contains its own lens and light sensitive cells, and is actually an eye unto itself. Credit: CDC.

T. vulpis, or "Canine Whipworm", is a parasite that attaches itself to the canine large intestinal mucosa by embedding its head, thereby, causing intestinal inflammation. Credit: CDC.

This is an image that shows Barren Island after the restoration work was completed. Dredge material was placed to support the planting. The planting was conducted to allow the marsh to fill in and establish itself before the geotube disintegrated. Prior to the restoration, this area was a high-energy shallow water environment. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An F-16 flying in support of Operation Northern Watch. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multirole fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, h.

A grass waterway system struggles to establish itself as a tool to prevent soil erosion. Credit: Charlie Rahm.

This little weed makes itself acceptable to the eye with its little yellow flowers. Credit: Chris Tincher.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Those are so great, and so strong, in the case of promises, that omnipotency itself can be tied by them. (Second Treatise of Government)

That it thus reduces to nothing what we have deemed the greatest improvement on political institutions -- a written constitution -- would of itself be sufficient, in America, where written constitutions have been viewed with so much reverence, for rejecting the construction. (reference)

The bourgeoisie finds itself involved in a constant battle. (reference)

All proposed schemes shall be laid before the Central Commission in order that that Commission may assure itself that these conditions are complied with. (reference)

We must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on public education. (reference)

Now the trumpet summons us again--not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need--not as a call to battle, though embattled we are --but as a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"--a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Disputable, however, as might be the taste of such a termination, it was in itself a charming walk, and the view which closed it extremely pretty

The other is the assumption that, if one of two specified acts is better than another, it is necessarily a good act in itself.

And in the very wonder of this, it would be itself again, distinct and clear as ever

The heart, making itself guilty of such secrets, must perforce hold them until the day when all hidden things shall be revealed

Their breath, beneath that veil, is like some indescribable, tragic respiration of death itself.

Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour

The first step in the direction of truth is to understand the frame and scope of the intellect itself, to comprehend the act itself of intellection

The turtle entered a dust road and jerked itself along, drawing a wavy shallow trench in the dust with its shell

It buries itself alive

I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself, and falls on the other

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

LAD typically manifests itself in infancy. (references)

The hiatus itself acts like a second valve. (references)

The plaque itself is benign, or noncancerous. (references)

Business

Exporting itself is not difficult. (references)

There may also be problems with competition itself. (references)

Internet broadcasting itself has been here for sometime. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The SAHRC reported ongoing interaction between itself and the media, and specifically SANEF. (references)

Bulgaria

Members of the organization subsequently marked the anniversary in the town of Petrich itself. (references)

Ghana

The NDC issued a statement apologizing for the incident and disassociating itself with the assault. (references)

Economic History

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The party dissolved itself in 1984. (references)

Afghanistan

The name "Talib" itself means pupil. (references)

Venezuela

Registration itself is fast and inexpensive. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

AI has registered itself as a private company. (references)

Colombia

The population also had organized itself, confronted the FARC unarmed, and forced the guerrillas to leave the town. (references)

Cameroon

The tribunal declared itself incompetent to rule on two accused illegal Ghanaian immigrants, who reportedly remained incarcerated. (references)

Indigenous People

Chile

Of the population that identifies itself as indigenous, about one-half remain separated from the rest of society, largely due to historical, cultural, educational, and geographical factors. (references)

Minorities

Spain

In 2000 the Council of Europe cited a resurgence in nationalism, sometimes violent, which manifested itself in intolerance towards Roma, Africans, and Arabs. (references)

Rwanda

Since 1994 the Government has called for national reconciliation and committed itself to abolishing policies of the former government that had created and deepened ethnic cleavages. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

In 1993 the RCC dissolved itself and appointed Bashir President. (references)

Vietnam

Vietnam continues efforts to integrate itself into the region and the world. (references)

ALGERIA

The Algerian government seeks to disengage itself from the ownership of firms. (references)

Political Rights

Belize

Another political party, calling itself "We the People," was formed during the year. (references)

Hong Kong

The Equal Opportunities Commission, itself headed by a woman, noted that women were a minority in Government advisory bodies. (references)

Iran

The Assembly itself is restricted to clerics, who serve an 8-year term and are chosen by popular vote from a list approved by the Government. (references)

Trade

Jordan

This is usually done by hand directly on the invoice itself. (references)

Spain

Its primary objectives are to protect small investors and the market itself. (references)

France

These are for the most part safety and health standards on the product itself. (references)

Travel

Japan

The packaging of the gift is as important as the gift itself and should be done professionally. (references)

Tunisia

TUNISIA IS AN OPEN SOCIETY THAT PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN AND ARAB WORLDS. (references)

Costa Rica

Travelers should carry a copy of their passport data page and leave the passport itself in the hotel safe or other secure location. (references)

Women

Belgium

The law prohibits organizing prostitution or assisting immigration for the purpose of prostitution, but not prostitution itself. (references)

Malaysia

Since prostitution itself is not illegal, statistics are only available for foreigners arrested for immigration or other offenses with suspected involvement in prostitution. (references)

Kuwait

A first wife who objects to a second marriage may request a divorce, but the court's determination of divorce and child custody must be made on grounds other than the fact of the second marriage itself. (references)

Worker Rights

Armenia

The Criminal Code specifically prohibits keeping brothels, although prostitution itself is legal. (references)

Korea

Most arrests for these types of crimes are made on charges of travel document fraud, not trafficking itself. (references)

Zimbabwe

In recent years, in an effort to remove itself from the wage bargaining system, the Government mandated wage parameters for industries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let the idol of confusion defend itself

Expressions using "ITSELF": assert itself ♦ by itself ♦ coil itself up ♦ communicate itself ♦ convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself ♦ curl itself up ♦ declare itself ♦ discharge itself ♦ engrave itself ♦ entwine itself ♦ establish itself ♦ force itself on one ♦ free itself ♦ implant itself ♦ in a class by itself ♦ in and of itself ♦ in itself ♦ lend itself to ♦ make itself felt ♦ manifest itself ♦ of itself ♦ play by itself ♦ pour itself ♦ present itself ♦ prove itself ♦ puff itself up ♦ recommend itself ♦ repeat itself ♦ resolve itself ♦ reveal itself ♦ right itself ♦ set itself ♦ show itself ♦ sort itself out ♦ speak for itself ♦ suggest itself ♦ to itself ♦ turned back on itself ♦ twine itself ♦ vent itself ♦ work itself loose. Additional references.

Beginning with "ITSELF": itself-all, itself-could, itself-had, itself-in, itself-'not, itself-of, itself-slipped, itself-stirred, itself-supply, itself-two.

Ending with "ITSELF": being-for-itself, end-in-itself, in-itself, knowledge-as-a-good-in-itself, make-itself, organization-for-itself, pleasure-in-itself, protest-in-itself, sound-in-itself, thing-in-itself, value-in-itself.

Afrikaans

self (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Albanian

vetë (by oneself, herself, himself, in person, mouth, myself, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself, yourself). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفسها (herself), ‏نفسه (himself, oneself, same, self, selfsame), ‏ذاتها لغير العاقلة, ‏ذاته (identical, in the flesh, oneself, same, selfsame). (various references)

Bulgarian 

себе си (herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), се (herself, himself, oneself, ourselves, themselves), самият (self, very, yourself), си (ourselves, si, themselves). (various references)

Catalan

se'n. (various references)

Chinese 

本身 (in itself, per se). (various references)

Czech

se (each other, herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, with, yourself). (various references)

Danish

selv (even, herself, himself, self). (various references)

Dutch

zelf (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Esperanto

mem (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Faeroese

sjálvur (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Farsi 

خودش(خودان چیز خودان جانور), خود (Ego, Helmet, Own, Self). (various references)

Finnish

itse (herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

French

se, même, lui-même, lui même, elle-même. (various references)

French Canadian

se. (various references)

Frisian

sels (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Galician

se (oneself). (various references)

German

selbst (even, her, herself, himself, myself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), sich (aggregate, dared, durst, each other, federalize, herself, him, himself, one another, oneself, self, themselves, to herself, to himself, to itself, to oneself, to realize, to stretch, to themselves, to yourself, to yourselves, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

Greek 

εαυτό (himself), αυτό κάθε αυτό, το εαυτό του / αυτό το ίδιο, το εαυτό του, το εαυ. (various references)

Hebrew 

ממילא (anyhow, by itself, in any case, obviously), להתנגן (play by itself). (various references)

Hungarian

maga (on one's own, oneself, self, selves, thou, ye, you), õ maga (herself, himself). (various references)

Icelandic

sjálfur (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Italian

stesso (ditto, equal, herself, himself, I myself, ilk, like, one, same, self, self-same, very). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

自体 , その物 (the very thing), 其の物 (the very thing). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そのもの (the very thing), じたい (circumstances, font, lettering, present state of affairs, refusal, situation, type). (various references)

Korean 

자체. (various references)

Manx

eh hene (goodman, himself), ee hene (her, herself, lady of the house, the missis, the wife). (various references)

Norwegian

selv (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Papiamen

mes (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Pig Latin

itselfay.(various references)

Polish

sam (alone, herself, himself, only, self, sole, solitary), osobiście (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Portuguese

se (each other, failing, himself, if, in case that, oneself, provided that, should, so, supposing, themselves, whether, yourself), próprio (becoming, congenial, correct, due, fit, fitting, good, herself, himself, meet, own, particular, personal, proper, rightdown, seemly, self, selfsame, special, suitable, very). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

se (each other, himself, if, no translation, one, oneself, themselves). (various references)

Romanian

singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, herself, himself, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, sole, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves), se (herself, himself, it, one, oneself, themselves, they), el însuşi, ea însãşi, chiar lui, chiar el, chiar ea, în sine (by itself, intrinsic, per se). (various references)

Russian 

само (self, self [-]). (various references)

Scottish

fhéin (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sebe (himself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, themselves, yourself), se (myself, oneself, ourself, themselves, yourself). (various references)

Spanish

se (commit suicide, each other, for you, from them, from you, herself, himself, o.s., one, oneself, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves), sí mismo (himself, o.s., oneself, self, yourself), sí misma (herself, o.s., oneself, yourself), ella misma (herself), él mismo (himself, same). (various references)

Sranan

srefi (herself, himself, self), eygi (herself, himself, own, personal, self). (various references)

Swahili

-enyewe (herself, himself, self), enyewe (herself, himself, self). (various references)

Swedish

själv (by itself, herself, himself, myself, on one's own, oneself, self, very, yourself, yuorself....), sig själv (by oneself, herself, himself, oneself, onself). (various references)

Thai

ตัวมันเอง. (various references)

Turkish

sadece (barely, but, exclusively, hardly, just, merely, nigh but, nothing but, nothing else, only, only just, purely, scarcely, simply, solely), kendisi (he who, her, herself, himself, oneself), kendini (herself, himself, oneself), kendi (auto-, herself, him, himself, its, of one's own, oneself, own, respective, self), bizzat (herself, himself, in person, myself, personally). (various references)

Ukrainian

собі (herself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves), себе (herself, him, himself, myself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, them, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), само, сама (herself, self, yourself), сам (alone, by himself, himself, myself, oneself, self, yourself). (various references)

iessui, ipsa, ipsae, ipsaeque, ipsam, ipsamque, ipsaque, ipsarum, ipsas, ipsasque, ipse, ipse ipsa ipsum, ipsi, ipsique, ipsis, ipsius, ipso, ipsorum, ipsos, ipsosque, ipsud, ipsum, ipsumque, isse, sê, sara, saria, se, secum, semet, seque, sese, sibi, sibimet, sui. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"ITSELF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bistolfi, etsel, hitsel, hitself, Ijssel, inself, isself, Itela, itelf, itslef, itzel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: filets, fliest, flites, stifle.

-1 letter: feist, felts, files, filet, flies, flite, flits, islet, istle, lefts, lifts, stile, tiles.

-2 letters: efts, felt, fets, file, fils, fist, fits, flit, isle, left, leis, lest, lets, lief, lies, life, lift, list, lite, lits, seif, self, sift, silt, site, slit, tels, ties, tile, tils.

-3 letters: efs, eft, elf, els, fet, fie, fil, fit.

+1 letter: felsite, fetials, fillets, filmset, filters, lefties, leftish, leftism, leftist, liefest, lifters, stifled, stifler, stifles, sulfite, trifles.

+2 letters: botflies, fealties, felsites, felsitic, feltings, festival, fetiales, fetialis, fewtrils, ficklest, filberts, filiates, filister, filmiest, filmsets, fistulae, flakiest, flamiest, flatwise, flawiest, flaxiest, fleapits, flippest, flirters, flitches, flitters, flukiest, flutiest, flytiers, foliates, frailest, giftless, gulfiest, inflates, inflects, leafiest, leftisms, leftists, loftiest, lutefisk, outflies, riftless, spiteful, stellify, stiflers, sulfites, swiftlet, tilefish, trefoils, triflers.