Definition of "individual" in Anglais

noun

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

   • He is an unusual individual.

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

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

4. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.

adjective

1. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

   • Near-synonyms: individuated, solitary, self-standing, freestanding
   • As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.

2. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.

   • individual personal pension
   • individual cream cakes

3. Not divisible without losing its identity.

   • Near-synonyms: unatomizable, indivisible, undividable