Meaning of individual in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(u)əl/

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1. 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. 2. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing

   Examples

   • « an individual serving »
   • « separate rooms »
   • « single occupancy »
   • « a single bed »

   Synonyms

   • unshared

3. Noun

   individual

   Definitions

   1. a human being

   Examples

   • « there was too much for one person to do »
4. 2. a single organism

5. 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