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Ownself meaning

(One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.

Using Ownself

  • The main meaning on this page is: (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.

Context around Ownself

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Ownself

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

putting your ownself in the 1× trump his ownself is not 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but to think 1× the washington post 1×

Common sentence endings:

pressures and expectations 1× yelling at them 1×

Words around Ownself

Just before it in the word index:

owns 2.264 owning 774 ownerships 8 ownership 3.048 owners 7.373 ownerless 5

Just after it in the word index:

owo 41 owoade 2 owode 16 owoeye 9 owoh 7 owohunwa 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Ownself

  • In this selection, "ownself" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include putting your ownself in the and trump his ownself is not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ownself" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ownself

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But to think of oneself as a superman is putting your ownself in the burden of pressures, and expectations. (19 words)

The Washington Post tells us that Donald Trump His Ownself is not at all pleased to learn that some of his aides haven't fought back when confronted by evildoers yelling at them. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

The Washington Post tells us that Donald Trump His Ownself is not at all pleased to learn that some of his aides haven't fought back when confronted by evildoers yelling at them. (33 words)

But to think of oneself as a superman is putting your ownself in the burden of pressures, and expectations. (19 words)

Example sentences (2)

But to think of oneself as a superman is putting your ownself in the burden of pressures, and expectations.

The Washington Post tells us that Donald Trump His Ownself is not at all pleased to learn that some of his aides haven't fought back when confronted by evildoers yelling at them.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ownself" in a sentence?
An example: "But to think of oneself as a superman is putting your ownself in the burden of pressures, and expectations." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "ownself" from authentic English texts.
What does "ownself" mean?
Ownself means: (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
How many example sentences with "ownself" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "ownself", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.