{
    "term": "themselves",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They seemed to be enjoying themselves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were arguing amongst themselves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They've bought themselves a new car."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used instead of himself or herself to refer to a person whose sex is not mentioned or not known",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There wasn't anyone who hadn't enjoyed themselves."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to emphasize they or a plural subject",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They themselves had had a similar experience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don and Julie paid for it themselves."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "alone; without anyone else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They wanted to spend the evening by themselves."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "without help",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They did the cooking by themselves."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for only them to have or use; not shared with others",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ðəmˈselvz/",
                "audio": "th/themselves/themselves__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ðəmˈselvz/",
                "audio": "th/themselves/themselves__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}