Personal Meaning
/ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
adjOf or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
Sentence Examples
The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.
Do you know how to use a personal computer?
The novel is written from personal experience.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The manager asked all employees to avoid making ____ calls during work hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She kept a ____ diary in which she recorded her thoughts and feelings every evening.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film."
— 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:
"You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf."
— 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
"The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?"
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person."
— 2011, Bob Nelson, Peter Economy, Consulting For Dummies:
"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."
— 1982 April 10, Roosevelt Williamson, “Prison Racism and Legal Slavery in America”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The manager asked all employees to avoid making ____ calls during work hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She kept a ____ diary in which she recorded her thoughts and feelings every evening.