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individual

Pronunciation: /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/

The English word “individual” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
  2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
  3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
  4. An element belonging to a population.

adjective

  1. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
  2. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
  3. Not divisible without losing its identity.

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Displaced native Old English hād (“person, individual”).

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