INDIVIDUAL


Meaning of INDIVIDUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪndɪvɪdʒu(ə)l ]

( individuals)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Individual means relating to one person or thing, rather than to a large group.

They wait for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions...

Aid to individual countries would be linked to progress towards democracy...

ADJ : ADJ n

• in‧di‧vid‧ual‧ly

...cheeses which come in individually wrapped segments...

ADV : usu ADV with v , ADV adj , also ADV with cl

2.

An individual is a person.

...anonymous individuals who are doing good things within our community.

N-COUNT

3.

If you describe someone or something as individual , you mean that you admire them because they are very unusual and do not try to imitate other people or things.

It was really all part of her very individual personality...

ADJ [ approval ]

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