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individual
A	noun
	1	person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
			a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul ╚capitalist ╚appointee; appointment ╚applicant; applier ╚anomaly; unusual person ╚adventurer; venturer ╚adult; grownup ╚self
	2	individual
			a single organism
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚individual ╚head
B	adjective
	1	individual
			being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

	2	individual, case-by-case, item-by-item
			separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

	3	individual(a), private
			concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual cars"; "each room has a private bath"

	4	individual, separate, single(a)
			characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "separate rooms"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"