Meaning of personal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
2. personnel, staff
3. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
4. folks, people, mob, crowd; the masses
5. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
6. Intended for sexual use.
   euphemistic
7. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.
8. Done in person; without an intermediary.
9. Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
10. Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.
11. Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.
12. Denoting ownership.

Equivalents

Examples

“personal values; personal desire”

“Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.”

“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.”

“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.”

“personal reasons”

“You can't read my diary—it is personal.”

“That's a very personal question.”

“I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!”

“personal lubricant; personal massager”

“personal charms”

“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?”

“a personal interview”

“a personal meeting”

“personal settings”

“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.”

“personal reflections or remarks”

“Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.”

“a personal pronoun”

“one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle”

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