individual

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individual
adj. single, distinct, sole; of a particular person; unique, special, characteristic
 
n. human being; particular person; distinct entity, single thing

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Individual
An individual is a person or a specific object. Individuality (or ) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly of being a person separate from other persons and possessing his or her own needs or goals. The exact definition of an individual is important in the fields of biologylaw, and philosophy.

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individual

Noun
1. a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
(synonym) person, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) self
(member-holonym) people
(part-meronym) personality
(derivation) personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
2. a single organism
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) head
(derivation) individualize, individualise

Adjective
1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
(antonym) common
(similar) idiosyncratic
(see-also) separate
(attribute) individuality, individualism, individuation
2. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"
(synonym) case-by-case, item-by-item
(similar) independent
3. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
(synonym) separate, single(a)
(similar) unshared
4. concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"
(synonym) individual(a), private
(similar) personal


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individual
pref. individual, single, sole

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individual
adj. individual, personal; single, distinct
 
individual
nm. singles