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personals

personals noun: personal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns. Also the plural of personal.

Noun

personals

  1. (rare) Personal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns.
    • "A pardon, Mr. Preston! Ah! A pardon, please!" the Englishman apologized at once. "I say, I did not intend to pry into personals, really," he protested. "And really, you know," he continued, "if you see how I meant it, it was not personal after all," he argued.1909, Edwin Balmer, Waylaid by Wireless: A Suspicion, a Warning, a Sporting Proposition, and a Transatlantic Pursuit, page 113

Also used as

personals is also the plural of personal.

personals is also the abbreviation of personal advertisements.

Words formed from personals

Questions about personals

What does personals mean?
Personals means personal matters; matters which are peculiar or proper to private concerns.
What part of speech is personals?
Personals is a noun.

Words near personals in the dictionary

  1. personally attack
  2. personally attacked
  3. personally attacking
  4. personally attacks
  5. personalness
  6. personals
  7. personalties
  8. personalty
  9. personalzine
  10. personalzines
  11. personas

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