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{
"term": "personality",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the various aspects of a person’s character that combine to make them different from other people",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "His wife has a strong personality."
},
{
"text": "My outgoing personality has definitely helped me succeed."
},
{
"text": "He maintained order by sheer force of personality."
},
{
"text": "normal human **personality traits** *(= qualities)*, such as shyness"
},
{
"text": "Participants identified their own personality type and explored the implications."
},
{
"text": "The characters' names reflect their personalities."
},
{
"text": "There are likely to be tensions and **personality clashes** in any social group."
},
{
"text": "People’s clothes are often an expression of their personality."
},
{
"text": "Barbara has a very forceful personality."
},
{
"text": "For the first time she was seeing the more unpleasant aspects of her husband's personality."
},
{
"text": "From your personality profile, it seems you're interested in politics."
},
{
"text": "He has achieved success by the sheer strength of his personality."
},
{
"text": "His choice of clothes reflects his personality."
},
{
"text": "She manages to project a very distinct personality."
},
{
"text": "She stamped her personality on the company."
},
{
"text": "The events of her early life shaped her personality."
},
{
"text": "The job didn't really suit my personality."
},
{
"text": "There was a personality clash between two members of the committee."
},
{
"text": "a troubled man who had a vulnerable personality"
},
{
"text": "her amiable nature and easy-going personality"
},
{
"text": "personality conflicts between a faculty member and a student"
},
{
"text": "Her clothes reflect her lively personality."
},
{
"text": "All candidates have to undergo a personality test."
},
{
"text": "He developed a split personality after the crash (= seemed to have more than one personality)."
},
{
"text": "The children all have very different personalities."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bright", "bubbly", "extrovert"],
"verb + personality": ["be", "have", "develop"],
"personality + noun": ["type", "characteristic", "quirk"],
"phrases": [
"an aspect of somebody’s personality",
"a side of somebody’s personality",
"a clash of personalities"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the qualities of a person’s character that make them interesting and attractive",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We need someone with lots of personality to head the project."
},
{
"text": "He had no screen presence and lacked any real personality."
},
{
"text": "He has the presence and personality to hold audiences spellbound."
},
{
"text": "She has brought out her husband's personality since their relationship began."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["bright", "bubbly", "extrovert"],
"verb + personality": ["be", "have", "develop"],
"personality + noun": ["type", "characteristic", "quirk"],
"phrases": [
"an aspect of somebody’s personality",
"a side of somebody’s personality",
"a clash of personalities"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a famous person, especially one who works in entertainment or sport",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a well-known TV/radio/sports personality"
},
{
"text": "Various personalities from the world of music were invited."
},
{
"text": "In a viewers' poll he was voted TV Personality of the Year."
},
{
"text": "a broadcast network with well-known on-air personalities"
}
],
"synonyms": "celebrity",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["famous", "great", "important"],
"personality + noun": ["cult"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person whose strong character attracts attention",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their son is a real personality."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the qualities of a place or thing that make it interesting and different",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The problem with many modern buildings is that they lack personality."
},
{
"text": "Interesting displays can add personality to your store window."
}
],
"synonyms": "character"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti/",
"audio": "pe/personality/personality__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌpɜːrsəˈnæləti/",
"audio": "pe/personality/personality__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (referring to the fact of being a person rather than an animal or thing): from Old French personalite, from medieval Latin personalitas, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the late 18th cent."
}