Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

    He is an unusual individual.

    Individuum

    индиви́дуумindivíduum, лицо́licó, ли́чностьlíčnostʹ

    індиві́дindyvíd, індиві́дуумindyvíduum

  2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.

    физи́ческое лицо́fizíčeskoje licó

  3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.

  4. An element belonging to a population.

More definitions
  • a single organism
  • a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

Examples

370 sentences
  1. You're a strange individual.

    Ти дивна людина.

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  2. I know Tom is a pretty unique individual.

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  3. I know that Tom is a pretty unique individual.

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  4. The rights of the individual are important in a free society.

    ruПрава личности важны в свободном обществе.

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  5. We are currently looking for individuals who have experience in customer service.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person considered alone:
Русский
By meaning 2
person considered alone:
single human as legal subject:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person considered alone:

Forms

plural: individuals
Singularindividual
Pluralindividuals

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential:personsomeonesomebodymortalsoul

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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