personal
//ˈpɜː.sə.nəl//
Forms
- Comparative
- more personal
- Superlative
- most personal
- Plural
- personals
Definitions
1.Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
2.Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
- Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
3.Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
- You can't read my diary, it is personal.
- I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!
- That's a very personal question.
4.Intended for sexual use.
1.An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.
2.One's own property or asset
- I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #587
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al.
Doublet of personnel.