Individual

  • 1individual — I adjective detached, deviating, different, differentiated, discrete, disjoined, disjunct, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, exceptional, extracted, extraordinary, independent, individualized, isolated, nonconforming, nonuniform, particular …

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  • 2individual — INDIVIDUÁL, Ă, individuali, e, adj. 1. Care este propriu unui individ; personal, specific. ♦ Care priveşte sau aparţine unui singur exemplar dintr o categorie de lucruri sau de fiinţe. 2. Care este executat de individ. Muncă individuală. ♦… …

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  • 3Individual — In di*vid u*al (?; 135), a. [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See {Divide}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or …

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  • 4Individual — 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. [1913 Webster] An object which is in the strict… …

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  • 5individual — individual. См. индивидуум. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 6individual — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ outstanding, talented ▪ key ▪ powerful ▪ creative ▪ average …

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  • 7Individual — As commonly used, individual refers to a person or to any specific object in a collection. In the 15th century and earlier, and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics, individual means indivisible , typically describing any… …

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  • 8individual — in|di|vid|u|al1 W1S3 [ˌındıˈvıdʒuəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: individualis, from Latin individuus undividable , from dividere; DIVIDE1] 1.) [only before noun] considered separately from other people or things in the same… …

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  • 9individual — /in deuh vij ooh euhl/, n. 1. a single human being, as distinguished from a group. 2. a person: a strange individual. 3. a distinct, indivisible entity; a single thing, being, instance, or item. 4. a group considered as a unit. 5. Biol. a. a… …

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  • 10individual — 01. Do you believe that [individual] rights are more important than the collective rights of society? 02. Each chocolate is [individually] wrapped in a colorful foil package. 03. Every [individual] has a unique DNA. 04. British society seems very …

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