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# individual

«individual» in Mova's school dictionary: **Single and separate; for one person or thing only** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; noun (an individual, individuals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Single and separate; for one person or thing only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#m1)

2) (noun) One person, thought of separately from a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#m2)

3) (adjective) Different from others; special to one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: "individual price" is the price of one; "individual cakes". In school: individual work versus group work. Phrases: individual portions, each individual, individual needs.

### examples

- The individual price of a cake is 1 dollar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x1)
- Each individual pupil gets a certificate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x2)
- She has a very individual style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x3)
- We did individual projects, not group work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x4)
- The yoghurts come in individual pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x5)
- Every individual matters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x6)
- Individual players can win prizes too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x7)
- They had not taken a hundred steps when they saw two rough-looking individuals sitting on a stone begging for alms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/#x8)

### note

Countable as a noun. Adverb: individually ("they are wrapped individually"). Maths: "individual" price is per one item; multiply by the number to get the total.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «individual» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.