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ALL meanings of individual

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  • noun individual A single human being as distinct from a group, class, or family. 1
  • noun individual a single human being, as distinguished from a group. 1
  • noun individual a person: a strange individual. 1
  • noun individual a distinct, indivisible entity; a single thing, being, instance, or item. 1
  • noun individual a group considered as a unit. 1
  • noun individual Biology. a single organism capable of independent existence. a member of a compound organism or colony. 1
  • noun individual Cards. a duplicate-bridge tournament in which each player plays the same number of hands in partnership with every other player, individual scores for each player being kept for each hand. 1
  • adjective individual single; particular; separate: to number individual copies of a limited edition. 1
  • adjective individual intended for the use of one person only: to serve individual portions of a pizza. 1
  • adjective individual of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular person or thing: individual tastes. 1
  • adjective individual distinguished by special, singular, or markedly personal characteristics; exhibiting unique or unusual qualities: a highly individual style of painting. 1
  • adjective individual existing as a distinct, indivisible entity, or considered as such; discrete: individual parts of a tea set. 1
  • adjective individual of which each is different or of a different design from the others: a set of individual coffee cups. 1
  • noun individual  As a synonym for person, individual is standard, occurring in all varieties of speech and writing:  Three individuals entered the room, each carrying a sheaf of papers.  Some object to this use, insisting that individual can mean only “a single human being, as distinguished from a group”:  An individual may have concerns that are ignored by his or her party.   1
  • adjective individual separate 1
  • noun individual a single person 1
  • adjective individual distinctive 1
  • adjective individual of a single person 1
  • adjective individual for use by one person 1
  • noun individual person 1
  • noun individual distinct entity 1
  • adjective individual Individual means relating to one person or thing, rather than to a large group. 0
  • countable noun individual An individual is a person. 0
  • adjective individual If you describe someone or something as individual, you mean that you admire them because they are very unusual and do not try to imitate other people or things. 0
  • adjective individual of, relating to, characteristic of, or meant for a single person or thing 0
  • adjective individual separate or distinct, esp from others of its kind; particular 0
  • adjective individual characterized by unusual and striking qualities; distinctive 0
  • adjective individual indivisible; inseparable 0
  • noun individual a single person, esp when regarded as distinct from others 0
  • noun individual a single animal or plant, esp as distinct from a species 0
  • noun individual a single member of a compound organism or colony 0
  • noun individual an object as opposed to a property or class 0
  • noun individual an element of the domain of discourse of a theory 0
  • adjective individual not divisible; not separable 0
  • adjective individual existing as a single, separate thing or being; single; separate; particular 0
  • adjective individual of, for, or by a single person or thing 0
  • adjective individual relating to or characteristic of a single person or thing 0
  • adjective individual distinguished from others by special characteristics; of a unique or striking character 0
  • noun individual a single thing, being, or organism, esp., when regarded as a member of a class, species, group, etc. 0
  • noun individual a person 0
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