AskDefine | Define personal

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personal adj
1 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" [ant: impersonal]
2 particular to a given individual
3 of or arising from personality; "personal magnetism"
4 intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"
5 indicating grammatical person; "personal verb endings" n : a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

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English

Etymology

From personel (modern: personnel).

Pronunciation

Extensive Definition

Personal means "of or pertaining to a person, or belonging to a person in some way", for example:
Personal may also refer to:

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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

absolute, actual, adverse, anonymous, belittling, bodily, bosom, certain, close, closet, concrete, critical, dear, defined, definite, deprecating, derogatory, detailed, determinate, different, disparaging, distinct, distinguished, esoteric, especial, exceptional, exclusive, express, extraordinary, familiar, fixed, idiosyncratic, in person, in the flesh, incognito, individual, inmost, inner, innermost, insulting, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, live, minute, noteworthy, offensive, particular, peculiar, physical, precise, private, privy, respective, retired, secluded, sequestered, several, singular, slighting, solipsistic, special, specific, unfriendly, withdrawn
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