Associations to the word «Individual»

Wiktionary

INDIVIDUAL, noun. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
INDIVIDUAL, noun. (legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
INDIVIDUAL, noun. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
INDIVIDUAL, noun. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT, noun. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing cyclists start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponent, or get a faster time over a pre-decided distance.
INDIVIDUAL SPORT, noun. A sport which is practiced by two opposing individuals or one individual.
INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT, noun. (British) A formal alternative to bankruptcy involving a flexible contract with creditors
INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS, noun. Plural of individual voluntary arrangement

Dictionary definition

INDIVIDUAL, noun. A human being; "there was too much for one person to do".
INDIVIDUAL, noun. A single organism.
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways".
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis".
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed".
INDIVIDUAL, adjective. Concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath".

Wise words

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia