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per·son·al

personal

 
 
pronunciation:
puhr s nl
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part of speech: adjective
definition 1: Your personal things are the things that belong to just you. When you talk about personal things, you talk about yourself or about things that are happening in just your own life. Sometimes when we say that something is personal, we mean that it is not for other people to know about, or it has nothing to do with what other people think.
Liz keeps most of her personal thoughts in her diary.At summer camp, I keep my personal things, like my pajamas and my book, under my pillow.Mrs. Evans thinks the town is making a big mistake building a new library, but she knows that this is only her personal opinion. She knows a lot of people don't agree with her.
antonyms:
common, general, public
similar words:
individual, own, particular, secret, single
definition 2: When you exercise for your personal health, it means that you exercise for the health of your body.
Anya cares for her personal hygiene by brushing her teeth twice a day.
synonyms:
physical
definition 3: If a president, queen, or other famous person makes a personal visit to someone, they go to see that person themselves. They don't just write a letter or make a phone call to that person, and they don't send someone else instead of going themselves.
The famous singer made a personal visit to the sick child in the hospital.
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  • personally:
    in a way that relates to one's own self.
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