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English Dictionary: individual	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for individual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
individual adj being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" Synonym(s): individual, single Antonym(s): common separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" Synonym(s): individual, case-by-case, item-by-item characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" Synonym(s): individual, single(a) concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath" Synonym(s): individual(a), private n a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Synonym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul a single organism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Individual \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[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Individual \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.