{
    "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."
}