- a person's self (used for emphasis or reflexively): One often hurts oneself accidentally.
- be oneself,
- to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
- to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- by oneself,
- without a companion; alone.
- through one's own efforts; unaided: to become a millionaire by oneself.
- come to oneself,
- to regain consciousness.
- to regain one's self-possession; come to one's senses.
- the reflexive form of one (def. 20), one (def. 21)
- (intensifier)
- one's normal or usual self
