Meaning of 'personal'

Meaning of 'personal' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Personal

[ a.]

- Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
- Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
- Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms.
- Done in person; without the intervention of another.
- Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
- Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.

2. Personal

[ n.]

- A movable; a chattel.

Meaning of 'personal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. personal

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

Example in sentence:

a personal favor;
a personal God;
for your personal use;
he has his personal bank account and she has hers;
I have something personal to tell you;
personal papers

Meaning (2):
- of or arising from personality

Example in sentence:

personal magnetism

Meaning (3):
- indicating grammatical person

Example in sentence:

personal verb endings

2. personal

[ s]

Meaning (4):
- intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

Example in sentence:

personal hygiene

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Meaning of 'personal' (Webster Dictionary)

Meaning of 'personal' (Princeton's WordNet)

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