individual

CEFRA2

/ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A single person or thing, considered separately.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Belonging to or relating to one person or thing.

Examples

  • We interviewed each individual member of the community.

  • Each individual paid 1,000 dollars.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˌɪndə-/
  • /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

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

More examples

In context

  • Each individual paid 7000 dollars.

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

  • He is an unusual individual.

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Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Because the teacher wanted to assess each person separately, each blank was given a unique test.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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”).