noun / adjective · academic
individual
UK/ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/US/ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəl/in·DI·vi·DU·al
as a noun: a single person; as an adjective: relating to or for one person rather than a group
Examples
“Policies should recognise the needs of individual students.”
“Each individual is responsible for paying their taxes.”
“We interviewed individuals from a wide age range.”
Band 8 sentence
“An effective education system must balance standard curricula with support tailored to individual learners' needs.”
Collocations
- individual rights
- an individual approach
- each/ every individual
Word family
Common mistakes
the individual people→individual people / the individuals
an individual informations→individual information / a piece of information
Say it for a higher band
5person→6single→7+individual
Synonyms
person
single
Easily confused
person
“She is a friendly person who helps new students settle in.”
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