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personal Definition


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personal
adj
    1. Said of a comment, opinion, etc: coming from someone as an individual, not from a group or organization.
      Example: my personal opinion
      Thesaurus: individual, particular, idiosyncratic, peculiar, subjective.
    2. Done, attended to, etc by the individual person in question, not by a substitute.
      Example: give it my personal attention
    3. Relating to oneself in particular.
      Example: a personal triumph
    4. Relating to one's private concerns.
      Example: details of her personal life
      Thesaurus: private, secret, intimate, exclusive.
    5. Said of remarks: referring, often disparagingly, to an individual's physical or other characteristics.
    6. Relating to the body.
      Example: personal hygiene
      Thesaurus: bodily, corporeal, corporal.
    7. grammar.
      Example: personal pronoun
Etymology: 14c: from Latin personalis.



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