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individual
Adjective
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An individual person or thing is looked at separately from others.
This office assists whole families rather than individual family members.
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An individual right, need, etc. belongs to one person, not to a group.
The government should protect not only individual rights but also group values.
individual
Noun
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An individual is a single person, looked at separately from others.
One of the most difficult parts of growing up is learning to form your own ideas--to become an individual.
A country must balance the rights of individuals with the rights of groups.
application
Noun
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An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something.
She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools.
I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan.
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An application is the way something is used.
The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country.
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If something has an application, it can be used.
She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world.
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An application is a computer program.
He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer.
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Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface.
Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned.
The doctor said: "Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster."