individual
individual is a polysyllabic word with 4 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, individual is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofindividual
- A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
Example: "He is an unusual individual."
- A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
- An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
- An element belonging to a population.
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
Example: "As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one."
- Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Example: "individual personal pension; individual cream cakes"
- Not divisible without losing its identity.
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