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personal effect

personal effect is the singular of personal effects.

Meaning of personal effects

Noun

personal effects pl (normally plural, singular personal effect)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Items of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.
    • At 11 am the next day, rescue parties discovered a few more personal effects, some 600 yards from where she was last seen. These included sunglasses, a loose boot, an empty wallet, a torn 1000-shilling bill, and her bag.2026 August 13, Nicholas Muhoro, “Dutch Medical Student Sophia Koetsier Vanished in Uganda in 2015. An Unknown Man’s DNA Was Later Found on Her Clothing”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original...
    Synonyms:
    belongings

Questions about personal effect

What is personal effect the singular of?
Personal effect is the singular of personal effects.

Words near personal effect in the dictionary

  1. personal defense weapon
  2. personal defense weapons
  3. personal development
  4. personal digital assistant
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  6. personal effect
  7. personal effects
  8. personal equation
  9. personal equations
  10. personal estate
  11. personal exception

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