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in·di·vid·u·al I0110200 (ĭn′də-vĭj′o͞o-əl)adj.1. a. Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human: individual consciousness.b. By or for one person: individual work; an individual portion.2. Existing as a distinct entity; separate: individual drops of rain.3. a. Marked by or expressing individuality; distinctive or individualistic: an individual way of dressing.b. Special; particular: Each variety of melon has its individual flavor and texture.c. Serving to identify or set apart: "There was nothing individual about him except a deep scar ... across his right cheek" (Rebecca West).n.1. a. A single human considered apart from a society or community: the rights of the individual.b. A human regarded as a distinctive or unique personality: always treated her clients as individuals; felt he was quite an individual.2. A single organism as distinguished from a species, community, or group.3. A member of a collection or set; a specimen.
[Middle English, single, indivisible, from Old French, from Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduus : in-, not; see in-1 + dīviduus, divisible (from dīvidere, to divide).]
in′di·vid′u·al·ly adv.individual (ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl) adj1. of, relating to, characteristic of, or meant for a single person or thing2. separate or distinct, esp from others of its kind; particular: please mark the individual pages. 3. characterized by unusual and striking qualities; distinctive4. obsolete indivisible; inseparablen5. a single person, esp when regarded as distinct from others6. (Biology) biology a. a single animal or plant, esp as distinct from a speciesb. a single member of a compound organism or colony7. (Logic) logic a. Also called: particular an object as opposed to a property or classb. an element of the domain of discourse of a theory[C15: from Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduus indivisible, from in-1 + dīviduus divisible, from dīvidere to divide] ˌindiˈvidually advin•di•vid•u•al (ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl)
n. 1. a single human being, as distinguished from a group. 2. person. 3. a distinct, indivisible entity. 4. (in logic) an object referred to by a name or variable, as distinguished from a property or class. adj. 5. single; particular; separate. 6. intended for the use of one person only: individual portions. 7. of or characteristic of a particular person or thing: individual tastes. 8. distinguished by special or singular characteristics: individual style. 9. existing as a distinct entity, or considered as such; discrete: individual parts. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin indīviduālis, derivative of Latin indīvidu(us) indivisible (in- in-3 + dīvid(ere) to divide] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  individual - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"mortal, person, somebody, someone, soulorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlycausal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or resultspersonality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onwardadventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risksunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusualapplicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admissionappointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or positioncapitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animalschanger, modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in huecommon man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no titlecommunicator - a person who communicates with otherscontestant - a person who participates in competitionscoward - a person who shows fear or timiditycreator - a person who grows or makes or invents thingscontroversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversyapplied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsentertainer - a person who tries to please or amuseexperimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfullyface - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babiesindividualist - a person who pursues independent thought or actiondenizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular placeaborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil"inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evilintellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creativelyjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedlover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someoneloved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your familyleader - a person who rules or guides or inspires othersmale person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babiesmoney dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out moneynational, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deitynonworker - a person who does nothingcompeer, equal, peer, match - a person who is of equal standing with another in a groupbeholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | | 2. | individual - a single organismorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlyhead - an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" | | Adj. | 1. | individual - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"singleseparate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"common - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" | | 2. | individual - separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"case-by-case, item-by-itemindependent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" | | 3. | individual - characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"singleunshared - not shared | | 4. | individual - concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"privatepersonal - concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers" |
individualadjective1. separate, single, independent, isolated, lone, solitary, discrete waiting for the group to decide rather than making individual decisions
separate general, collective2. unique, different, special, original, fresh, novel, exclusive, distinct, singular, idiosyncratic, unorthodox It was all part of her very individual personality.
unique ordinary, conventional, universal3. distinctive, special, personal, particular, specific, characteristic, distinguishing, distinct, signature, peculiar, respective, idiosyncratic, personalized We develop our own individual style of writing.
distinctive general, common, conventional, universal, indistinctnoun1. person, being, human, party, body (informal), type, unit, character, soul, creature, human being, mortal, personage, living soul the rights and responsibilities of the individualindividualadjective1. Belonging to, relating to, or affecting a particular person:personal, private.2. Being or related to a distinct entity:discrete, particular, separate, single, singular.3. Serving to identify or set apart an individual or group:characteristic, distinctive, peculiar, typical, vintage.4. Of, relating to, or intended for a distinctive thing or group:especial, particular, special, specific.noun1. A member of the human race:being, body, creature, homo, human, human being, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, soul.2. One that exists independently:being, entity, existence, existent, object, something, thing.Translationsindividual (indiˈvidjuəl) adjective1. single; separate. Put price labels on each individual item. 單獨的 单独的2. intended for, used by etc one person etc. Customers in shops should be given individual attention. 個別的 个别的3. special to one person etc, showing or having special qualities. Her style of dress is very individual. 獨特的 独特的 noun1. a single person in contrast to the group to which he belongs. the rights of the individual in society. 個人 个人2. a person. He's an untidy individual. 人 人ˈindiˌviduˈality (-ˈӕ-) noun the qualities that distinguish one person etc from others. 個人特質 个性，人格 ˌindiˈvidually adverb each separately. I'll deal with each question individually. 無法分割地 分别地，单独地 Individual
individual1. Biologya. a single animal or plant, esp as distinct from a species b. a single member of a compound organism or colony 2. Logica. an object as opposed to a property or class b. an element of the domain of discourse of a theory Individual the indivisible unit of life on the earth. It is impossible to subdivide an individual without losing those qualities that permit the organism to be termed an individual. The individual is the smallest unit that is subject to the action of evolutionary factors within a given biological species. The concept of individual is applicable in full measure only to non-colonial organisms; strictly speaking, the concept is not fully applicable to colonial and symbiotic organisms and organisms that reproduce vegetatively.
Individual a philosophical category referring to a real object as a totality uniting and correlating its two antithetical aspects—the particular and the universal. Usually the individual is regarded only as something that mediates between the particular and the universal. For example, the concept “Russian” is something universal in relation to each particular Russian and something individual in relation to the concept “Slav.” The concept “Slav” is something universal with respect to the concept “Russian” and something individual in relation to the concept “human being.” But this is only an extensional, quantitative relation. It is correct, but insufficient for comprehending the essence of the category of the individual. Upon closer examination, we see that the individual is not merely an intermediary link between the particular and the universal; it is primarily a principle that unifies the particular and the universal within some totality. In the cognitive process, the opposites universal and particular are transcended in the category of the individual, which expresses the universal in its real, particular embodiment and expresses the particular in its unity with the universal. Thus, the individual is the realized universal. For example, the Great October Socialist Revolution may be regarded as a concrete, particular manifestation of the lawlike regularities of socialist revolution. The individual is conceived as distinct from all else and as having something that no other objects have; at the same time it is conceived as having manifold connections and lawlike relationships with other objects. The category of the individual is relative, mobile, and fluid. In one respect, the individual may “approximate” the universal and function and be conceived as something universal in relation to its own particular; in other cases it may function and be conceived as the particular in relation to its own universal. The individual stands, as it were, between the universal and the particular, at the same time including them both “within itself.” The category of the individual is a very important aspect of the cognitive movement into the depth of an object, of the ascent from the abstract to the concrete. A. G. SPIRKIN individual
individual (1) A person requiring health and social care services.
(2) A tangible human being (as opposed to a legal “person”) which includes patients, relatives and carers, their representatives and support groups.Patient discussion about individualQ. How do vaccines protect individuals from infectious diseases? Is it a 100% protection? And how come there are diseases without a vaccine?A. Vaccine is a part of a pathogen (sometime the pathogen itself without the harmful part in it) that we inject to our self in order to get the body “ready” to meet the real disease. Unfortunately not all of the bacteria and viruses have vaccines. Some of them we can not mimic their proteins safely enough, or it won’t work any way. And sometimes it’s only partly effective, the body remembers it but not too well. So some of the vaccines offer only a partial protection. Q. What kinds of jobs can individuals with autism do, so that they can enjoy life? My friend’s brother feels very bored at home and he often tells me that he is not finding any meaning for his life. What kinds of jobs can individuals with autism do, so that they can enjoy life?A. Assure him that he is not the one who is alone with these types of negative feelings. In general, individuals with autism perform best at jobs which are structured and involve a degree of repetition. Some people who have autism are working as artists, piano tuners, painters, farm workers, office workers, computer operators, dishwashers, assembly line workers, or competent employees of sheltered workshops or other sheltered work settings. Q. Regular participation in aerobic exercise lowers an individual's risk of developing cancer? I am a regular participant of aerobic, so the regular participation in aerobic exercise lowers an individual's risk of developing cancer?A. You have some reason to be happy. Research suggests that exercise often modifies some of the risk factors associated with certain kinds of cancer. Obesity has been linked to cancer of the breast and the female reproductive system. Regular exercise has been shown to help promote weight loss. Several studies have also found that men who worked at sedentary jobs for most of their lives had a greater incidence of colon cancer than those in more active jobs. Exercise will not compensate the effects of a high-fat diet or smoking. Still it can contribute, even indirectly, to a reduced risk of cancer. As such, exercising regularly is recommended by the ACS [American Cancer Society] as an integral part of its cancer prevention program. More discussions about individualFinancialSeeSingleSee INDIV
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Synonyms for individualadj separateSynonyms- separate
- single
- independent
- isolated
- lone
- solitary
- discrete
Antonymsadj uniqueSynonyms- unique
- different
- special
- original
- fresh
- novel
- exclusive
- distinct
- singular
- idiosyncratic
- unorthodox
Antonyms- ordinary
- conventional
- universal
adj distinctiveSynonyms- distinctive
- special
- personal
- particular
- specific
- characteristic
- distinguishing
- distinct
- signature
- peculiar
- respective
- idiosyncratic
- personalized
Antonyms- general
- common
- conventional
- universal
- indistinct
noun personSynonyms- person
- being
- human
- party
- body
- type
- unit
- character
- soul
- creature
- human being
- mortal
- personage
- living soul
Synonyms for individualadj belonging to, relating to, or affecting a particular personSynonymsadj being or related to a distinct entitySynonyms- discrete
- particular
- separate
- single
- singular
adj serving to identify or set apart an individual or groupSynonyms- characteristic
- distinctive
- peculiar
- typical
- vintage
adj of, relating to, or intended for a distinctive thing or groupSynonyms- especial
- particular
- special
- specific
noun a member of the human raceSynonyms- being
- body
- creature
- homo
- human
- human being
- life
- man
- mortal
- party
- person
- personage
- soul
noun one that exists independentlySynonyms- being
- entity
- existence
- existent
- object
- something
- thing
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