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Individual Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Individual? [n] [n] a single organism [adj] being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" [adj] separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" [adj] characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Individual: case-by-case \| human \| idiosyncratic \| independent \| individualist \| individualistic \| item-by-item \| man-to-man \| mortal \| one-on-one \| particular(a) \| person \| respective(a) \| separate \| several(a) \| single(a) \| singular \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| unshared \| various(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Individual: a certain \| absolute \| Adamite \| aerobic organism \| an \| an existence \| anaerobic organism \| any \| any one \| article \| atomic \| autotrophic organism \| being \| body \| cat \| certain \| chap \| character \| characteristic \| concrete \| connotative \| creature \| critter \| customer \| defined \| definite \| demonstrative \| denominative \| denotative \| designative \| detailed \| determinate \| diagnostic \| different \| discrete \| distinct \| distinctive \| distinguished \| duck \| earthling \| either \| emblematic \| entelechy \| entity \| esoteric \| especial \| evidential \| exceptional \| exclusive \| exhibitive \| existence \| existent \| express \| expressive \| extraordinary \| fellow \| figural \| figurative \| fixed \| genetic individual \| groundling \| guy \| hand \| head \| heterotrophic organism \| homo \| human \| human being \| identifying \| ideographic \| idiosyncratic \| implicative \| indicating \| indicative \| indicatory \| individualistic \| indivisible \| inner \| integer \| integral \| intimate \| irreducible \| item \| joker \| life \| living being \| living soul \| living thing \| lone \| man \| material \| matter \| meaningful \| metaphorical \| microbe \| microorganism \| minute \| module \| monad \| monadic \| monistic \| morphological individual \| mortal \| naming \| nose \| noteworthy \| object \| one \| ont \| organic being \| organism \| organization \| own \| particular \| party \| pathognomonic \| peculiar \| person \| persona \| personage \| personal \| personality \| physiological individual \| point \| precise \| private \| proper \| representative \| respective \| semantic \| semiotic \| separate \| several \| signalizing \| significant \| significative \| signifying \| simple \| single \| singleton \| singular \| sole \| solid \| solipsistic \| solitary \| somebody \| someone \| something \| soul \| special \| specific \| stuff \| substance \| suggestive \| symbolic \| symbolistic \| symbological \| symptomatic \| symptomatologic \| tellurian \| terran \| thing \| typical \| unanalyzable \| undivided \| uniform \| unique \| unit \| unitary \| virus \| whole \| worldling \| zooid \| zoon See Also \| adult \| adventurer \| African \| anatomy \| anomaly \| applicant \| applied scientist \| applier \| appointee \| appointment \| beholder \| being \| being \| bod \| build \| capitalist \| captor \| capturer \| causal agency \| causal agent \| cause \| changer \| chassis \| common man \| common person \| commoner \| communicator \| compeer \| contestant \| controversialist \| coward \| creator \| denizen \| disputant \| dweller \| engineer \| entertainer \| equal \| experimenter \| expert \| face \| female \| female person \| figure \| flesh \| forerunner \| form \| frame \| grownup \| head \| human body \| indigen \| indigene \| individualist \| inexperienced person \| inhabitant \| innocent \| intellect \| intellectual \| juvenile \| juvenile person \| leader \| lover \| male \| male person \| match \| material body \| modifier \| money dealer \| money handler \| national \| native \| nonreligious person \| nonworker \| observer \| organism \| organism \| peer \| people \| perceiver \| percher \| persona non grata \| personality \| physical body \| physique \| precursor \| primitive \| primitive person \| religionist \| religious person \| self \| sensualist \| shape \| soma \| subject \| technologist \| traveler \| traveller \| unfortunate \| unfortunate person \| unskilled person \| unusual person \| unwelcome person \| venturer \| worker Individual In Webster's Dictionary \In`divid"ual\ (?; 135), a. [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See {Divide}.] 1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. --A. Tucker. United as one individual soul. --Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities. \In`divid"ual\, n. 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. --Cowper. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. --Whately. That individuals die, his will ordains. --Dryden. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.

Individual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Individual?

[n]
[n] a single organism
[adj] being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
[adj] separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"
[adj] characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

Individual In Webster's Dictionary

\In`di*vid"u*al\ (?; 135), a. [L. individuus
indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere
to divide: cf. F. individuel. See {Divide}.]
1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity,
   or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an
   individual man, animal, or city.

         Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of
         all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual
         substance.                            --A. Tucker.

         United as one individual soul.        --Milton.

2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or
   characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive;
   as, individual traits of character; individual exertions;
   individual peculiarities.


\In`di*vid"u*al\, n.
1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or
   being incapable of separation or division, without losing
   its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
   --Cowper.

         An object which is in the strict and primary sense
         one, and can not be logically divided, is called an
         individual.                           --Whately.

         That individuals die, his will ordains. --Dryden.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a
       compound animal.
   (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a
       single animal or becomes compound by budding or
       fission.

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