individual

individual
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noun
ADJECTIVE
outstanding, talented
key
powerful
creative
average, normal, ordinary

The average individual watches around three hours of television per day.

private

He was carrying out his functions as a trustee in the course of his business, rather than as a private individual.

single
certain, particular

The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time.

autonomous, independent

His philosophy is about becoming aware of oneself as an autonomous individual.

isolated

Society does not consist of isolated individuals, but people in a network of relationships.

rare, unique

She saw the artist as a unique individual, possessing a heightened awareness of reality.

like-minded

a group of like-minded individuals

named

accusations of racism against named individuals

qualified

We welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals.

healthy, infected
wealthy

donations from wealthy individuals

human

We know that all human individuals are unique.

… OF INDIVIDUALS
class, group

She had taken a group of individuals and made them into a superb team.

VERB + INDIVIDUAL
treat sb as

The teacher should treat each student as an individual.

INDIVIDUAL + VERB
differ, vary

Although individuals vary widely, the bones of the average female skeleton are smaller and lighter than the male.

PHRASES
no one individual, no single individual

No single individual had done so much for the development of the motor vehicle.

any one individual, any single individual

The needs of the community outweigh those of any single individual.

the freedom of the individual, the rights of the individual

the issue of the freedom of the individual versus the intervention of the state

the individual concerned

It's up to the individual concerned to contact the police.

the needs of the individual

Each course has to be tailored to the needs of the individual.

respect for the individual
vary from individual to individual

Eating habits are bound to vary from individual to individual.

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adj.
Individual is used with these nouns: ↑account, ↑accountability, ↑achievement, ↑advancement, ↑assessment, ↑attention, ↑autonomy, ↑category, ↑character, ↑characteristic, ↑choice, ↑client, ↑component, ↑conscience, ↑consciousness, ↑consumer, ↑consumption, ↑contribution, ↑counselling, ↑creativity, ↑desire, ↑discipline, ↑enterprise, ↑entrepreneur, ↑event, ↑expression, ↑fitness, ↑freedom, ↑grievance, ↑help, ↑heroism, ↑identity, ↑ingredient, ↑initiative, ↑instruction, ↑investor, ↑item, ↑lesson, ↑liberty, ↑look, ↑member, ↑membership, ↑merit, ↑mind, ↑module, ↑molecule, ↑motivation, ↑need, ↑participant, ↑participation, ↑peculiarity, ↑perception, ↑personality, ↑portion, ↑preference, ↑privacy, ↑property, ↑psychology, ↑pursuit, ↑quality, ↑recognition, ↑reply, ↑requirement, ↑response, ↑responsibility, ↑right, ↑salvation, ↑score, ↑self, ↑self-interest, ↑shareholder, ↑soul, ↑sport, ↑strand, ↑strength, ↑style, ↑subscription, ↑suffering, ↑talent, ↑taste, ↑teaching, ↑therapy, ↑touch, ↑training, ↑trait, ↑tuition, ↑tutorial, ↑unit, ↑vote, ↑will, ↑work

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