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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

individual
    adj 1: being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
           "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual
           pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn:
           individual, single] [ant: common]
    2: separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the
       individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" [syn:
       individual, case-by-case, item-by-item]
    3: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
       individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn:
       individual, single(a)]
    4: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual
       cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a),
       private]
    n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
         [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
         mortal, soul]
    2: a single organism

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Individual \In`di*vid"u*al\ (?; 135), a. [L. individuus
   indivisible; pref. in- not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere
   to divide: cf. F. individuel. See Divide.]
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   1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity,
      or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an
      individual man, animal, or city.
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            Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of
            all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual
            substance.                            --A. Tucker.
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            United as one individual soul.        --Milton.
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   2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or
      characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive;
      as, individual traits of character; individual exertions;
      individual peculiarities.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Individual \In`di*vid"u*al\, n.
   1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or
      being incapable of separation or division, without losing
      its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
      --Cowper.
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            An object which is in the strict and primary sense
            one, and can not be logically divided, is called an
            individual.                           --Whately.
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            That individuals die, his will ordains. --Dryden.
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   2. (Zool.)
      (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a
          compound animal.
      (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a
          single animal or becomes compound by budding or
          fission.
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Thesaurus Results for individual:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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