individual

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A single person, considered separately from a group.

   He is an unusual individual.

2. 2
   adj

   Single; separate from others of the same kind.

   Please mark each individual page with a number.

3. 3
   adj

   Intended for or relating to one particular person.

   Each guest received an individual serving of cake.

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”).

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