itself
US /ˌɪtˈsɛlf/
pronoun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
the quality, condition, or instance of itself
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The software updates itself automatically every night at midnight.
Collocations
- Easy the door opens itselfreferring to the door opens itself
- Medium project speaks for itselfto project speaks for itself, meaning to communicate vividly
- Hard inherent to economic model itselfdescribing inherent to economic model itself (existing as an essential constituent or characteristic)
- Very Hard history repeats itself with tragedydescribing history repeats itself with tragedy (the aggregate of past events)
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