Individual ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl Donations Private People School’s Reputation Ruined

• the competition is open to both teams and individuals.
• treatment depends on the individual involved.
• donations from private individuals (= ordinary people rather than companies, etc.)
• the school’s reputation was ruined by the bad behaviour of a few individuals.

individual

1. a person considered separately rather than as part of a group
• The competition is open to both teams and individuals.
• Treatment depends on the individual involved.
• donations from private individuals (= ordinary people rather than companies, etc.)
• The school’s reputation was ruined by the bad behaviour of a few individuals.
• the rights of the individual
2. a person who is original and very different from others
• She's grown into quite an individual.
3. a person of a particular type, especially a strange one
• an odd-looking individual
• So this individual came up and demanded money.

Extra Examples

• Although individuals vary widely, the bones of the average female skeleton are smaller and lighter than the male.
• Each course has to be tailored to the needs of the individual.
• Eating habits are bound to vary from individual to individual.
• He was carrying out his functions as a trustee in the course of his business, rather than as a private individual.
• His philosophy is about becoming aware of oneself as an autonomous individual.
• His writings are concerned with religious phenomena at the individual level.
• It’s up to the individual concerned to contact the police.
• No single individual had done so much for the development of the motor vehicle.
• She had taken a group of individuals and made them into a superb team.
• She saw the artist as a unique individual, possessing a heightened awareness of reality.
• Society does not consist of isolated individuals, but people in a network of relationships.
• The average individual watches around three hours of television per day.
• The book recommends that you sign ‘Yours sincerely’ if you are sending the letter to a named individual.
• The motives influencing a particular individual may change from time to time.
• The needs of the community outweigh those of any single individual.
• The teacher should treat each pupil as an individual.
• Their research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day.
• We know that all human individuals are unique.
• We welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals.
• a group of like-minded individuals
• accusations of racism against named individuals
• donations from wealthy individuals
• the issue of the freedom of the individual versus the intervention of the state
• The ballot papers could easily fall into the hands of an unscrupulous individual.
• The school’s reputation is being ruined by the bad behaviour of a few individuals.
• This scruffy-looking individual wandered into the office.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘indivisible’): from medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus, from in- ‘not’ + dividuus ‘divisible’ (from dividere ‘to divide’).