single individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsingleandindividual
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single
adjective
uk/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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(Definition ofsingleandindividualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But rarely does correctness of on-line interpretation have critical consequences for anysingleindividual.
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Thus, whatever is this interval between the two delimiting limits is necessarily asingleindividual and nothing else, not one interval and another interval.
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Thus, the observations made of each species at each temperature are equivalent to the observation of asingleindividualfor a period of two hours.
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Since, in many cases a large number of people were involved, the cost borne by asingleindividualwas very low.
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Each sequence is from asingleindividualunless otherwise indicated.
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The same holds for two gene copies (alleles) taken from asingleindividual, as seen above.
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In seed heterogeneity, described in more than 200 species of angiosperms,singleindividualplants produce seeds differing in their external appearance.
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It is a problem for asingleindividualin the role of moral observer.
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In these cases asingleindividualor group may possess a different rank according to the three separate social dimensions.
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However, it is difficult to increase a signal which is specific to asingleindividualbecause of chemical mimicry.
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Not all rehabilitation is team-based, but asingleindividualcan rarely meet any but the simplest functional needs without the advice and support of others.
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Secondly, asingleindividualmay produce variability on account of a number of ' grammars ' (as understood in earlier theoretical terminology) in his command.
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This is not the same as saying that the pain of one individual cannot be justified by the benefit to anothersingleindividual.
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For life as a phenomenon to continue, reproduction of the individual organisms is essential, although not everysingleindividualhas to reproduce.
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Each language arose not with asingleindividual, but among groups of individuals acting in concert.
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Leaves produced within 1 mo by asingleindividualwere considered a single event (leaf cohorts).
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First, a biography by definition concentrates on asingleindividual, no matter how much that biography seeks to relate that individual to larger realities.
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Therefore, not asingleindividualis to be blamed for the impact of air pollution on rain forests and on the health of its inhabitants.
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