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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

▪ respect for the individual

▪ vary from individual to individual

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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