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individuate

[ in-duh-vij-oo-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

individuated, individuating.
  1. to form into an individual or distinct entity.
  2. to give an individual or distinctive character to; individualize.


verb (used without object)

individuated, individuating.
  1. to make distinctions:

    to individuate among one's students.

  2. to become individualized or distinctive:

    With maturity, the artist individuated.

individuate

/ ˌɪ²Ô»åɪˈ±¹Éª»åÂáÊŠËŒ±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to give individuality or an individual form to
  2. to distinguish from others of the same species or group; individualize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ¾±²Ô»å¾±Ëˆ±¹¾±»å³ÜËŒ²¹³Ù´Ç°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ôd¾±Â·±¹¾±»åu·²¹î€…t´Ç°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôi²Ô·»å¾±Â·±¹¾±»åu·²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of individuate1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Medieval Latin ¾±²Ô»åÄ«±¹¾±»å³ÜÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ¾±²Ô»åÄ«±¹¾±»å³ÜÄå°ù±ð “to make individualâ€; individual, -ate 1
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Like de Mille, Brown individuates the ensemble with detail: This guy is extra flamboyant; that gal pops her gum bubbles on the beat.

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The Jonas Brothers in 2023 offer cool adult-contemporary sounds for an audience that grew up with them, similarly navigating the life that emerges once you begin to individuate, become intimate and start families.

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He must have spent months working on this painting, which includes more than 60 individuated figures and a controlled delirium of distinctive patterns.

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Each dancer moves with intriguing, individuating specificity: this one shaking, that one twitching sinuously or twisting like the head of a sprinkler.

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But at varying points, each tries to individuate themselves from their father, and much of the suspense lies in how Rupert schemes to draw them back under his influence.

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