personal
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈpɜːsənl/US /ˈpɜːrsənl/
Meaning
adjective
your own; not belonging to or connected with anyone else
“The novel is written from personal experience.”
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“And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.”
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“However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would”
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“you know, billions of dollars a year in personal consumption.”
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