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Definitions for personal
ˈpɜr sə nlper·son·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. personaladjective

    a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

  2. personaladjective

    concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

    "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"

  3. personaladjective

    particular to a given individual

  4. personaladjective

    of or arising from personality

    "personal magnetism"

  5. personaladjective

    intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

    "personal hygiene"

  6. personaladjective

    indicating grammatical person

    "personal verb endings"

Wiktionary

  1. personalnoun

    A advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.

  2. personalnoun

    A movable; a chattel.

  3. personaladjective

    Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.

  4. personaladjective

    Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general

  5. personaladjective

    Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.

  6. personaladjective

    Done in person; without the intervention of another.

  7. personaladjective

    Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.

  8. personaladjective

    Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

  9. Etymology: From personel (modern: personnel).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Personaladjective

    Etymology: personel, Fr. personalis, Lat.

    Every man so termed by way of personal difference only. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 13.

    For my part,
    I know no personal cause to spurn at him;
    But for the general. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

    It could not mean, that Cain as elder had a natural dominion over Abel, for the words are conditional; if thou doest well, and so personal to Cain. John Locke.

    Publick reproofs of sin are general, though by this they lose a great deal of their effect; but in private conversations the application may be more personal, and the proofs when so directed come home. John Rogers.

    The fav’rites that the absent king
    In deputation left,
    When he was personal in the Irish war. William Shakespeare.

    This heroick constancy determined him to desire in marriage a princess, whose personal charms were now become the least part of her character. Addison.

    This sin of kind not personal
    But real and hereditary was. Davies.

Wikipedia

  1. Personal

    Personal is a song by British pop rock band The Vamps featuring vocals from Maggie Lindemann. The song was released as a digital download on 13 October 2017 through Universal Music Group. It serves as the first single from their third studio album Night & Day, being included on the second part of it, called Day Edition.

ChatGPT

  1. personal

    Personal can be defined as relating to an individual's private life, experiences, or preferences. It is subjective and unique to each person, encompassing their feelings, thoughts, and characteristics that distinguish them as an individual. Personal aspects can include one's beliefs, values, relationships, and personal goals and aspirations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Personaladjective

    pertaining to human beings as distinct from things

  2. Personaladjective

    of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire

  3. Personaladjective

    pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms

  4. Personaladjective

    done in person; without the intervention of another

  5. Personaladjective

    relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks

  6. Personaladjective

    denoting person; as, a personal pronoun

  7. Personalnoun

    a movable; a chattel

  8. Etymology: [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]

CrunchBase

  1. Personal

    Personal (www.personal.com) gives individuals a web and mobile platform and vault for securely storing, sharing and reusing their important data, notes and files at home and work, connecting them with trusted people, organizations and apps in their lives. Built on a privacy- and security-by-design platform, Personal helps individuals to properly leverage their data so they can realize the most value from it – all with the peace of mind that the data in their vault remains legally theirs, they always know who can access it, and it can’t be shared without their permission. The company's product and innovative approach to data ownership have been covered in national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, Fast Company and others. Personal is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Editors Contribution

  1. personal

    Relating or specific to a person or human being.

    The personal assistant was so efficient, helpful and organized.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'personal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #523

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'personal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1136

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'personal' in Adjectives Frequency: #61

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of personal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of personal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of personal in a Sentence

  1. Norm Eisen:

    This is outrageous, more exploitation of public office for Trump's personal gain, using the government's megaphone to promote Mar-A-Lago.

  2. Eleni Linos:

    As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    If the election had been on October 27, I would be your president, i take absolute personal responsibility. I was the candidate, I was the person who was on the ballot. I am very aware of the challenges, the problems, the shortfalls that we had.

  4. Erik Pevernagie:

    Is happiness not just a phenomenon in our imagination or a result of a personal interpretation?

  5. Tiger King:

    But what the State of Virginia has done, to falsely attack my treatment of animals, to attempt to slander my reputation and my life's work, solely to appease animal rights activists that have influence over the elected officials that have brought these charges is far different and it's very personal to me.

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