Individual vs. Singular
Individual and Singular Definitions
Individual
Of or relating to an individual, especially a single human
Individual consciousness.
Singular
Being only one; individual; lone
A singular tree in the meadow.
Individual
By or for one person
Individual work.
An individual portion.
Singular
Being the only one of a kind; unique
"Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).
Individual
Existing as a distinct entity; separate
Individual drops of rain.
Singular
Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable
"Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).
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Individual
Marked by or expressing individuality; distinctive or individualistic
An individual way of dressing.
Singular
Strange or unusual
"I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Individual
Special; particular
Each variety of melon has its individual flavor and texture.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
Individual
Serving to identify or set apart
"There was nothing individual about him except a deep scar ... across his right cheek" (Rebecca West).
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
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Individual
A single human considered apart from a society or community
The rights of the individual.
Singular
(Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
Individual
A human regarded as a distinctive or unique personality
Always treated her clients as individuals.
Felt he was quite an individual.
Singular
The singular number or a form designating it.
Individual
A single organism as distinguished from a species, community, or group.
Singular
A word having a singular number.
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Individual
A member of a collection or set; a specimen.
Singular
Being only one of a larger population.
A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
Individual
A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
He is an unusual individual.
Singular
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
She has a singular personality.
Individual
(legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
Singular
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
A man of singular gravity or attainments
Individual
An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
Singular
Out of the ordinary; curious.
It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
Individual
(statistics) An element belonging to a population.
Singular
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
Individual
Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.
Singular
Having no inverse.
Individual
Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
Individual personal pension; individual cream cakes
Singular
Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
Individual
Not divisible without losing its identity.
Singular
Not equal to its own cofinality.
Individual
Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance.
United as one individual soul.
Singular
(law) Each; individual.
To convey several parcels of land, all and singular
Individual
Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
Singular
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Individual
A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual.
That individuals die, his will ordains.
Singular
(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Individual
An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
Singular
(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
Individual
A human being;
There was too much for one person to do
Singular
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
And God forbid that all a companyShould rue a singular man's folly.
Individual
A single organism
Singular
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
Individual
Being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
Individual drops of rain
Please mark the individual pages
They went their individual ways
Singular
Existing by itself; single; individual.
The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
Individual
Separate and distinct from others of the same kind;
Mark the individual pages
On a case-by-case basis
Singular
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
Individual
Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing;
An individual serving
Separate rooms
Single occupancy
A single bed
Singular
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.
Individual
Concerning one person exclusively;
We all have individual cars
Each room has a private bath
Singular
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
So singular a sadnessMust have a cause as strange as the effect.
Singular
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
Singular
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure.
His zealNone seconded, as out of season judged,Or singular and rash.
To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
Singular
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
Singular
An individual instance; a particular.
Singular
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
Singular
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Singular
Unusual or striking;
A remarkable sight
Such poise is singular in one so young
Singular
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Singular
Being a single and separate person or thing;
Can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?
Every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind
Singular
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Singular
The single one of its kind;
A singular example
The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting
A unique copy of an ancient manuscript
Certain types of problems have unique solutions
