individual
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Noun 4 meanings
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
“He is an unusual individual.”
A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
An element belonging to a population.
Adjective 3 meanings
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
“Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding”
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
“individual personal pension”
Not divisible without losing its identity.
“Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable”
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”). Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”).
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INDIVIDUAL at a glance
INDIVIDUAL has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + I 1 + V 4 + I 1 + D 2 + U 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,043 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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