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yksilö — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • individual noun A single person, considered on their own rather than as part of a group.
  • particular adj Specific; referring to one particular thing rather than things in general.
  • person noun A human being, or any individual regarded as an entity with rights and identity.

Senses

yksilö is used for these senses in English:

  • individual A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
  • individual (legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
  • particular (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th–19th c.]
  • person (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. [from 19th c.]

individual — full definition

  1. noun A single person, considered on their own rather than as part of a group.
  2. adjective Relating to or meant for one particular person or thing, rather than several.

particular — full definition

  1. adj Specific; referring to one particular thing rather than things in general.
  2. adj Especially notable or great.
  3. adj Fussy or hard to please, wanting things done exactly a certain way.

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