verb · neutral
personify
UK/pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ/US/pərˈsɑːnɪfaɪ/per·SON·i·fy
Band 6-7speakingtask2task1
to represent a quality or idea as a person; to be a perfect example of something
Examples
“She personifies kindness in everything she does.”
“In the poem, the sea is personified as a jealous lover.”
“He personified the ambition of his generation.”
Band 8 sentence
“The protagonist personifies the moral conflicts faced by ordinary citizens under rapid social change.”
Collocations
- personify a quality
- personify in literature
Word family
personify verbpersonification nounpersonified adjective
Common mistakes
She personifies the love.→She personifies love.
Say it for a higher band
5show→6represent→7+personify
Synonyms
embody
Easily confused
embody
“Her designs embody modern simplicity.”
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