plural reflexive pronoun
Used after a verb when two or more people being spoken to do something to the same people.
Please wash yourselves before dinner.
You should be proud of yourselves for finishing the project.
American English
How to pronounce yourselves
pronounA2Very common word
YORsehlvz
/ˈjɔɹ.sɛlvz/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of yourself
Yourselves is used for two or more people; yourself is used for one person.
Used after a verb when two or more people being spoken to do something to the same people.
What to listen for
“Yourselves” is usually stressed on the second part: /jʊɹˈsɛɫvz/.
Meanings & examples
plural emphatic pronoun
Used after you to emphasize that two or more people being spoken to, and not someone else, did something or are involved.
You yourselves chose this plan.
Did you make it yourselves?
plural pronoun in by yourselves
In the phrase by yourselves, it means that two or more people are alone or do something without help.
Can you do this by yourselves?
You finished the work by yourselves.
Useful expressions
to act naturally, without pretending to be different
You can be yourself here.
to take what you want or serve yourself
Please help yourself to some cake.
alone or without help
Did you do this by yourself?
Related words & forms
Use yourself for one person and yourselves for more than one person.