individual
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/ˌɘndɘˈvɘd͡ʒɘl/
English
Definitions
noun
- A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.“He is an unusual individual.”
- A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
- An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
- An element belonging to a population.
adjective
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.“As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.”
- Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.“individual personal pension; individual cream cakes”
- Not divisible without losing its identity.
Related words
Synonyms
personalsingleselfstandingindependentsomeoneseparateprivatesingularcase-by-caseidiosyncraticman-to-manindividualisticparticularrespectiveseveralunsharedmortal