American English pronunciation
How to pronounce individual
IPA transcription: [,ɪndə'vɪdʒəwəl]
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Noun
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a human being
“there was too much for one person to do”
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a single organism
Adjective
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being or characteristic of a single thing or person
“individual drops of rain”
“please mark the individual pages”
“they went their individual ways”
Adjective
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separate and distinct from others of the same kind
“mark the individual pages”
“on a case-by-case basis”
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characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
“an individual serving”
“single occupancy”
“a single bed”
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concerning one person exclusively
“we all have individual cars”
“each room has a private bath”
Usage examples
- With an accumulation of these malformations, an individual can be diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome.
- Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.
- Many individuals and media commentators objected to the remark.
- Also lists international rivalries and rivalries between individual players.
- The multi-player mode allows players to occupy individual crew stations on the same vessel.
- At the end of the game each player's collection of individual words is scored.
- Individual parks may or may not cross governmental boundaries.
- As such, it is the only public university in Ohio named for an individual.
- The two components may be formed into a complex number or used individually.
- Similarly, individuals engage in deviant behaviors when their means do not match their goals.