personality
part of speech
noun (a personality, personalities)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave. tree →
2) Personality means having a strong, lively, interesting character: "she has lots of personality". tree →
3) A personality is a famous person, especially from TV, radio or sport: "a TV personality". tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and English lessons, writers show a character's personality through what they say and do; pupils describe personalities with adjectives like brave, shy or bossy. In everyday life, pets and even places can be said to have personality. Phrases: strong personality, a TV personality, a sports personality, personality traits.
examples
- My dog has a big personality. tree →
- The twins look alike but have different personalities. tree →
- Describe the hero's personality in three words. tree →
- She has a cheerful personality. tree →
- He became a famous TV personality. tree →
- Our classroom has lots of personality with all our art on the walls. tree →
- In youth one must mingle one's own personality with life, that they may become one. tree →
note
Plural: personalities (y changes to ies). Personality is the whole character; a "personal" thing belongs to one person; "personnel" means staff — easy to confuse.
In the corpora
- Companies update their bots, so a bot's tone and "personality" can change.
- Foxes are clever, but crows, ravens and parrots solve puzzles that need several steps; cartoon personalities are made up.
- "Has a nice personality" is often a sly way to say someone is not attractive.
- "Strong personality" on a report often means bossy or defiant.
- Climate is the long average of weather over thirty years or more, the way your mood today differs from your whole personality.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «personality» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.