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For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I've considered Lacy a close personal friend.
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Meaning of "personal friend" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONAL FRIEND

personal friend  [ˈpɜːsənəl frend] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSONAL FRIEND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Personal friend is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERSONAL FRIEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of personal friend in the English dictionary

The definition of personal friend in the dictionary is a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSONAL FRIEND


cayenned
keɪˈend
convertend
kənˈvɜːtˌend
downtrend
ˈdaʊntrend
faciend
ˈfæsɪˌend
forspend
fɔːˈspend
kenned
kend
knee-bend
ˈniːˌbend
misintend
ˌmɪsɪnˈtend
missend
ˌmɪsˈsend
mistend
ˌmɪsˈtend
miswend
ˌmɪsˈwend
outspend
aʊtˈspend
prehend
prɪˈhend
reascend
ˌriːəˈsend
resuspend
ˌriːsəˈspend
stend
stend
subtrend
ˈsʌbˌtrend
uptrend
ˈʌptrend
yearend
ˈjɪərˌend
yenned
jend

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSONAL FRIEND

personal cleanliness
personal column
personal computer
personal details
personal digital assistant
personal effects
personal equation
personal equity plan
personal estate
personal foul
personal growth
personal hygiene
personal identification number
personal insurance
personal loan
personal organizer
personal pension
personal pension plan
personal pronoun
personal property

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSONAL FRIEND

befriend
best friend
bosom friend
boyfriend
defriend
fair-weather friend
false friend
family friend
fiend
four-legged friend
friend
furry friend
girlfriend
lady friend
litigation friend
next friend
pen friend
school friend
unfriend
woman friend

Synonyms and antonyms of personal friend in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «personal friend» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSONAL FRIEND

Find out the translation of personal friend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of personal friend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «personal friend» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

私人朋友
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amigo personal
570 millions of speakers

English

personal friend
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्यक्तिगत दोस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صديق شخصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

личный друг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amigo pessoal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তিগত বন্ধু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ami personnel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakan peribadi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

persönlicher Freund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

個人的な友人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개인 친구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanca pribadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bạn cá nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிப்பட்ட நண்பர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वैयक्तिक मित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kişisel arkadaşın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amico personale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyjaciel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

особистий друг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prieten personal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσωπικός φίλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

persoonlike vriend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

personlig vän
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

personlig venn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of personal friend

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAL FRIEND»

The term «personal friend» is regularly used and occupies the 98.379 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSONAL FRIEND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «personal friend» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «personal friend» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about personal friend

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3 QUOTES WITH «PERSONAL FRIEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word personal friend.
1
Jay Nixon
For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I've considered Lacy a close personal friend.
2
Della Reese
My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.
3
George Smathers
Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSONAL FRIEND»

Discover the use of personal friend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to personal friend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Indira Gandhi, letters to a personal friend
By a former prime minister of India to P.D. Tandon, chiefly on the Indian political situation.
Indira Gandhi, P. D. Tandon, 1991
2
Youth and Coping in Twelve Countries: Surveys of 18-20 ...
Female: non-family: personal friend 21; counsellor 10; boyfriend or fiancé 6 / family: mother 16 / offender: source of problem 11. Male: non-family: personal friend 34 / family 9; father 6; nobody 23. Female: non-family: personal friend ...
Janice Gibson-Cline, 2002
3
Young Bob: A Biography of Robert M. La Follette, Jr
... political columnist, 9 March 1977, Washington, D. C; Norman M. Clapp, Senate aide, 1935-1937 and 1939-1944, Madison, Wisconsin, 3 August 1972; John Clifford Folger, close personal friend, 1915- 1953, Washington, D. C, 5 June 1973; ...
Patrick J. Maney, 2002
4
Modified Wing Chun Kuen
DEDICATED To my teacher: Joseph I. Cowles — J0 Si Founder: Wu-Wei / Mo- Wai / Mu-Shin — Fighting Arts. Personal friend and student of Lee Jun Fan ( Bruce Lee) — Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. Personal friend and associate of Professor ...
John A. Douvillier, 2012
5
The Moneymaking Code: Fifth Edition
This makes your personal friend want to hear more. You've whet his appetite, and now he's all ears. Stay with the voice that helps you get things done. Make a list of the essential components you need to incorporate in your writing in order to ...
Michael Flowers
6
The Lobbying Manual: A Complete Guide to Federal Lobbying ...
While the personal hospitality exception specifically excludes that offered by lobbyists, a lobbyist who is a bona fide personal friend may, under the personal friendship exception, invite a Member or congressional employee for a home- cooked ...
William V. Luneburg, Thomas M. Susman, Rebecca H. Gordon, 2009
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When Life Ends: Legal Overviews, Medicolegal Forms, and ...
FORM 3.3.2 AFFIDAVIT OF CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND State of County of Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared , whose address is , who after being duly sworn on oath deposes and says: 1. I am at least eighteen years ...
Arthur S. Berger, 1995
8
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Personal Training
You might be considering a personal friend as one of your candidates. This friend may be the most qualified person for the job, but the arrangement does present one of the most difficult situations you will encounter in business. If you hire a ...
IDEA Health & Fitness, IDEA Health & Fitness Association, 2003
9
You Oughta Be Me: How to Be a Lounge Singer and Live Like One
Mr. Bennett's a close personal friend. We kid each other all the time. Close personal friends can do this. What do I mean by close personal friend? Allow me to explain. A close friend is someone you play golf with regularly, but with whom you ...
Bud E. Luv, 1993
10
Other Selves: Aristotle on Personal and Political Friendship
Yet the happiness of a political friend would appear to present an object of apperception less pleasant than the happiness of a personal friend, though not unpleasant, to be sure. For the happiness of a political friend appears to be a happiness ...
Paul Schollmeier, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSONAL FRIEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term personal friend is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Compromised Bill Shorten might not be Labor's best bet to beat Abbott
The modus operandi was on public display in 2006 when he used the private jet of his personal friend, cardboard magnate Richard Pratt, who ... «WA today, Jul 15»
2
Through the glass: Vet looks back
"I consider lieutenant colonel Sooy a personal friend," said Master Sgt. Aaron Wallenburg, a 60th AMW curator. "He approached me a year and ... «Air Force Link, Jul 15»
3
Remember This? A royal mystery in Algoma?
Instead of a more severe punishment, his personal friend, Prime Minister of England and Duke of Wellington requested that Prince be ... «SooToday.com, Jul 15»
4
Merrifield sacrifices for UND
The paper's editorial stressed that not only was he a good professor, but that he was a personal friend of the students. Even though Merrifield ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Old-time Missoulian reporter Will Cave's articles explain Montana …
I deem it a privilege to count as a personal friend a man with the excellent characteristics of Duncan McDonald. As Hal G. Evarts might say: The ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
6
Farris and Dan Wilks give $15 million to pro-Cruz super PAC Keep …
Another $10 million comes from Toby Neugebauer, a Houston investor and a personal friend of Cruz's. The involvement of the Wilks brothers ... «WFMZ Allentown, Jul 15»
7
Reggie Kray's letters go for £750, even though you can hardly read …
The collection of four mostly illegible letters was sent to Maureen Baker, a personal friend whom he knew from the Tottenham Royal dance hall ... «Metro, Jul 15»
8
Two Texas donors commit $15 million to Cruz
Another $10 million comes from Toby Neugebauer, a Houston investor and a personal friend of Cruz's. The involvement of the Wilks brothers ... «KWCH, Jul 15»
9
Christie forces taxpayers to support his campaign | Editorial
Christie sopped it up, and justified it by saying the king was a personal friend. You have to wonder if the two have kept up, swapping stories ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
10
Binay eyes Bongbong Marcos as VP bet
When asked about his meeting with the controversial local chief executive, Binay said Duterte was “warm” toward him. “He is a personal friend. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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