personaladjective
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/B1 relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or an organization:
A personal action is one that is done by someone directly rather than getting another person to do it:
B1 private or relating to someone's private life:
C1 relating to your body or appearance:
an intentionally offensive remark about someone's character or appearance:
to start being rude to someone about their character or appearance:
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- The college now has a counsellor to help students with both personal and work problems.
- Could I talk to you about a personal matter?
- With a personal fortune of six million pounds, she certainly doesn't work because she needs to.
- Please remember to take all your personal possessions with you when you leave the aircraft.
- The signing of the agreement was a personal triumph for the prime minister.
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Particular and individual
- be the very thing idiom
- certain
- esp
- especially
- head
- individual
- individualism
- individualist
- one-trick pony
- particular
- particularity
- peculiar
- peculiarity
- peculiarly
- personally
- pet
- specific
- specifically
- the UN
- to wit idiom
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personalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/US UK personal column the part of a newspaper or magazine that contains short advertisements and private messages
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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- column
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- exclusive
- filler
- funny
- leader
- masthead
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
- spread
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