Individual - English meaning

adjective

Individually separate and distinct.

Usage examples:

Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than discrete units

adjective

Having an independent existence or form apart from other similar things; separate

Usage examples:

This area has four discrete neighborhoods centered around a school.

adjective

Clearly separate or different in shape or form

Usage examples:

These small companies now have their own discrete identity.

adjective

Free from outside control; not subject to another's authority.

Usage examples:

An independent nuclear deterrent

noun

An independent person or body.

Usage examples:

One of the few independents left in the music business

adjective

Not influenced or controlled by other people but free to make your own decisions

Usage examples:

An independent thinker, congress called for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigat…

adjective

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Usage examples:

Isolated farms and villages

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

adjective

Not near to other places

Usage examples:

An isolated farm/village

adjective

Having no companions; solitary or single.

Usage examples:

I approached a lone drinker across the bar

adjective

Being the only one in a place or situation; standing alone

Usage examples:

Her singing is backed by a lone piano.

adjective

Alone

Usage examples:

A lone survivor, he was a lone voice (= the only person) arguing against a reduction in payments.

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

adjective

Only one; not one of several.

Usage examples:

A single red rose

noun

An individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group.

Usage examples:

The end result is a photography of mythical proportions that is camouflaged in paint and operates i…

verb

Choose someone or something from a group for special treatment.

Usage examples:

One newspaper was singled out for criticism

noun

The undersurface of a person's foot.

Usage examples:

The soles of their feet were nearly black with dirt

verb

Put a new sole on to (a shoe).

Usage examples:

He wanted several pairs of boots to be soled and heeled

noun

A marine flatfish of almost worldwide distribution, important as a food fish.

Usage examples:

At a fish-and-chip shop called the balancing eel, a stone's throw from the quayside, cod, haddock, …

adjective

Done or existing alone.

Usage examples:

I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

Usage examples:

He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

Usage examples:

I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.