[
US
/ˈpɝsɪnəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɜːsənəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɜːsənəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- particular to a given individual
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indicating grammatical person
personal verb endings -
intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
personal hygiene
personal hygiene -
of or arising from personality
personal magnetism -
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
a personal favor
I have something personal to tell you
he has his personal bank account and she has hers
personal papers
for your personal use
a personal God
NOUN
- a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
How To Use personal In A Sentence
- When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy. After the Diagnosis
- The huge amounts that this would bring in would allow the personal allowance to be raised by a couple of thousand, helping those on low and medium incomes.
- Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting. Archive 2009-06-01
- So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
- And Buddhism and Hinduism were sketched out in the India issue: the less personalised and politicised nature of these religions makes it easier.
- With no personal stake in the performance scene, Priyambada continues to be one of the most objective observers and commentators of the Odissi scene.
- Yet while pilotless drones are dehumanised and impersonalised, mobile phone ring tones and screensavers are instances of the humanity and personality of the people behind technology.
- Using the same microchips we use in personal computers and phones has made the process a whole lot easier. Times, Sunday Times
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
- Hula hoops and pet rocks were fads; personal computers and cellular telephones are trends that are changing the way people live.