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Meaning of individual in English
Pronunciation
/ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(u)əl/
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Classifying Adjective
individual
Definitions
1.
separate and distinct from others of the same kind
Examples
« mark the individual pages »
« on a case-by-case basis »
Synonyms
independent
2.
characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Examples
« an individual serving »
« separate rooms »
« single occupancy »
« a single bed »
Synonyms
unshared
Noun
individual
Definitions
1.
a human being
Examples
« there was too much for one person to do »
2.
a single organism
Qualitative Adjective
individual
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘indivisible’): from medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus, from in-‘not’ + dividuus‘divisible’ (from dividere‘to divide’)
Definitions
1.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Examples
« individual drops of rain »
« please mark the individual pages »
« they went their individual ways »
Synonyms
idiosyncratic
individualist
individualistic
one-on-one
man-to-man
respective(a)
several(a)
various(a)
separate
single(a)
single(a)
singular
particular(a)
Antonyms
common
See also
separate