individual

UK /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/ US /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əl/
noun 4adj 3

Definitions

noun

1

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

He is an unusual individual.

“You have to be an individual,” said Ms. Smoke, a 40-year-old saleswoman, as she sipped her beverage. “You can’t just get black coffee.”

2

A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].

3

An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.

It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals.

In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

4

An element belonging to a population.

adj

1

Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding

As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.

2

Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

individual personal pension

individual cream cakes

3

Not divisible without losing its identity.

Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable

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