English Explanatory Dictionary

individual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
  2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
  3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
  4. An element belonging to a population.
adj
  1. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
  2. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
  3. Not divisible without losing its identity.

Pronunciation

/ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/ /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊl/ /ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl/ /ɪndɪˈvɪdjʊl/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əl/ /ˌɪndə-/ en-us-individual.ogg

Word forms

individual individuals individuall more individual most individual

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

Synonyms

single individuated solitary self-standing freestanding personal unatomizable indivisible undividable

Antonyms

collective group joint shared

Derived words

bioindividual extraindividual individualise individualism individualistic individual item picking individuality individualization individualize individually individual medley individualness individual psychology individual pursuit individual sport individual time trial individual voluntary arrangement induhvidual interindividual intraindividual nonindividual subindividual superindividual supraindividual transindividual unindividual

Translations

Asturian: individual Azerbaijani: fərdi Azerbaijani: şəxsi Azerbaijani: bir nəfərlik Azerbaijani: bir nəfər üçün nəzərdə tutulmuş Belarusian: асо́бны Belarusian: аддзе́льны Belarusian: асабі́сты Belarusian: індывідуа́льны Bulgarian: отделен Bulgarian: индивидуален Bulgarian: личен Catalan: individual Chinese Mandarin: 單個 /单个 Chinese Mandarin: 獨個 /独个 Chinese Mandarin: 個別 /个别 Czech: jednotlivý Czech: individuální Danish: individuel Dutch: individueel Finnish: yksittäinen Finnish: yksilöllinen French: individuel Galician: individual Georgian: ინდივიდუალური German: einzeln German: individuell Hungarian: egyes Hungarian: egyedi Hungarian: különálló Hungarian: egyéni Italian: singolo Italian: specifico Italian: individuale Italian: personale Japanese: 個々の Latin: indīviduālis Latin: proprius Māori: takitahi Eastern Mari: шке Norman: îndividuel Norwegian Bokmål: enkelt Norwegian Bokmål: individuell Old English: ānlīepe Polish: indywidualny Polish: oddzielny Polish: pojedynczy Portuguese: individual Romanian: individual Russian: отде́льный Russian: индивидуа́льный Russian: едини́чный Russian: ча́стный Russian: персона́льный Russian: ли́чный Scottish Gaelic: air leth Spanish: individual Spanish: propio, personal Spanish: personal Swedish: enskild Swedish: individuell Turkish: bireysel Ukrainian: особи́стий Ukrainian: індивідуа́льний Ukrainian: осі́бний Ukrainian: окре́мий Thai: เฉพาะตัว
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