individuate
verb /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪt/
/ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they individuate | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪt/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪt/ |
| he / she / it individuates | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪts/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪts/ |
| past simple individuated | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪd/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle individuated | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪd/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form individuating | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪŋ/ /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒueɪtɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody/something clearly different from other people or things of the same type
- be individuated The noises were no longer individuated; there was just noise.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin individuat- ‘singled out’, from the verb individuare, from Latin individuus, from in- ‘into’ + dividuus ‘divisible’ (from dividere ‘to divide’).