individual

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/]

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1. individual (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: He is an unusual individual.

2. individual (noun) — sense 2

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

Example: 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. individual (noun) — sense 3

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

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

4. individual (adj) — sense 4

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

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

5. individual (adj) — sense 5

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

Example: individual personal pension

6. individual (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Not divisible without losing its identity.

Example: Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable

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