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individual
English
Alternative forms
- individuall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ind?vidu?lis, from Latin ind?viduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of ind?viduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + d?viduus (“divisible”), from d?vid? (“divide”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d??u.?l/, /??nd??v?d??w?l/, /??nd??v?d???l/, /??nd??-/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d????l/, /??nd??v?d???l/, /??nd??-/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??nd??v?d???.?l/, /??nd??v?d???l/
Noun
individual (plural individuals)
- A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
- (law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
- 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
- Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
- 1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
- An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
- (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Translations
Adjective
individual (comparative more individual, superlative most individual)
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
- Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
- Not divisible without losing its identity.
Synonyms
- (relating to a single person or thing): single, self-standing
- (intended for a single person or thing): personal, single
Antonyms
- (relating to a single person or thing): collective
- (intended for a single person or thing): group, joint, shared
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- individual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- individual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "individual" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 161.
Catalan
Noun
individual (masculine and feminine plural individuals)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualisme
- individualista
- individualitzar
- individualment
Related terms
- individu
- individualitat
Further reading
- “individual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Adjective
individual m or f (plural individuais)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualizar
- individualmente
Related terms
- individuo
- individualidade
Further reading
- “individual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?.d??i.vi.du.?aw/
Adjective
individual m or f (plural individuais, comparable)
- individual
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualmente
Further reading
- “individual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French individuel
Adjective
individual m or n (feminine singular individual?, masculine plural individuali, feminine and neuter plural individuale)
- individual
Declension
Related terms
- individualism
- individualist
- individualitate
Spanish
Adjective
individual (plural individuales)
- individual
- case-by-case
- one-on-one (e.g., relationship or bond)
- one-man (e.g., a one-man show)
- personal, individualized
Derived terms
- individualismo
- individualista
- individualizar
- individualmente
- persecución individual
Related terms
- individuo
- individualidad
Noun
individual m (plural individuales)
- place mat
Further reading
- “individual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
individual From the web:
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special
English
Etymology
From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin specialis (from species, speciei).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sp??sh?l, IPA(key): /?sp?.??l/
- Rhymes: -???l
Adjective
special (comparative more special or specialer, superlative most special or specialest)
- Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
- Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved.
- (euphemistic) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Chief in excellence.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
Antonyms
- (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality): common, non-special, ordinary, usual
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
special (plural specials)
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
- One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.
- (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
- (Britain, colloquial) A special constable.
- Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
- Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
- (journalism) A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
- (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
- (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
- 2009, Steven Shelley, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (page 132)
- In addition to followspots, there will be three frontlight specials on Autoyokes hung on the truss to provide frontlight specials.
- 2009, Jennifer Bringle, Lighting (page 23)
- The first is a special—a single lighting instrument that lights a particular spot on the stage. Specials generally have no color, or a more saturated color, allowing them to stand out through other lighting onstage.
- 2009, Steven Shelley, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (page 132)
Translations
Verb
special (third-person singular simple present specials, present participle specialing or specialling, simple past and past participle specialed or specialled)
- (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.
Anagrams
- epicals, piacles, plaices
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English special.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /?sp?.??l/, /?sp?.??l/
- Hyphenation: spe?ci?al
Noun
special m (plural specials)
- A special broadcast episode.
Related terms
- speciaal
Middle French
Adjective
special m (feminine singular speciale, masculine plural speciaulx, feminine plural speciales)
- special; extraordinary; beyond what is usual
Romanian
Etymology
From French spécial, from Latin specialis.
Adjective
special m or n (feminine singular special?, masculine plural speciali, feminine and neuter plural speciale)
- special
Declension
special From the web:
- what special day is today
- what special day is tomorrow
- what specialty does jo choose
- what special day is it
- what specials does mcdonald's have
- what specialty does izzie choose
- what specialty does lexie choose
- what special days are in july
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