yourselves

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To talk about the people you are speaking to when there is more than one person

pronoun
/jʊrˈsɛlvz/

: ustedes mismos

In the message body, the group administrator stated: "Don't let yourselves be surprised and don't panic."
ask yourselves

So if you guys win that one, are you fighting yourselves?

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Examples

In turn, you and your students will gain a greater understanding of yourselves and your own musical cultures.

Academic text (2006)
Now that you have been warned, please try to enjoy yourselves without causing any trouble.

Fiction book (1992)
So if you guys win that one, are you fighting yourselves?

Saving Grace
So just put them, put yourselves in their shoes.
Ask yourselves "What are you gonna do with that time?"

Shooting Stars (2023)
You just earned yourselves an extra hour on Earth.

Erzulie (2022)
You must prepare yourselves for the worst.

Paths of Glory (1957)
So you can discuss amongst yourselves, come to a decision which one of y'all coming in second and third.
And get yourselves out of these hills, life is to hard and the men are mean and ignorant.

Moonshine County Express (1977)
Make yourselves comfortable while you wait for the presentation to begin.

Surface Forms

yourselves reflexive

Morphology

yourselves = yourself (transparent) = your + self + s

Formed by pluralizing the reflexive pronoun 'yourself' to indicate more than one person; learners who know 'yourself' and English plural marking can derive the meaning.

Etymology

The word yourselves is made from your ('belonging to you') and self ('your own person'), and the plural -selves shows it is about more than one person, like ourselves or themselves. So yourselves is used when talking to a group and referring back to the people you are speaking to.