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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

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