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individual

individual

2.3
A single person or animal regarded separately from a group
  • noun
  • /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/
translation icon : persona
  • Each individual has their own unique talents and skills.
  • bereaved individuals
  • HIV-positive individuals
  • individuals and communities

Did you ever deploy on missions as individuals versus teams?

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Examples

  • So a user can be an individual or a firm.

  • But then who gave these few individuals so much power?

  • We came there as individuals to form a team.

  • Well, it's at the level of the individuals, yes.

  • And you work with individuals, you work with companies.

  • We all have fear, but these individuals have so much doubt.

  • And even with extra time, that individual will feel rushed.

  • A celebration of the individual.

  • However, one must keep in mind that no two individuals with autism are the same.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We are radiant, brilliant, resilient individuals and our lives matter.

Synonyms

person
vsindividual
1.0

A single human being, not an animal or a thing

includes both humans and other living things when seen separately
organism
vsindividual
229 3.5

A living thing like an animal or plant made of cells

focuses on a single being regarded separately from a group
indiv.
vsindividual
8.8

A single person or thing considered separately from others

is the full standard written word rather than the shortened form

Idioms

7 4.4

Separately for each person or case

Compounds

The right to choose what to think and do without unfair control by others

4 5.0

A US savings account for money used after you stop working that grows without tax until you take it out

Legal protections and choices each person has against unfair treatment

A single person's own new ideas and ways of making things

7.4

A person with broad skills and deep knowledge in one area

How Independent

Lone Ranger
3 7.7
maverick
2 7.9
independent
984 2.3
individual
2.3
teamer
1 3.5
dependent
182 2.8

Surface Forms

individual singular
individuals plural

Etymology

Individual comes from the parts in- 'not' and divide 'to separate', so it originally meant 'not divided' or one whole unit. So an individual is a single person or animal seen on its own, not as part of a group.