Individual. Function. Environment

Individual

/ ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl /

(n) one member or one particular person

● I need a different individual to sign as a witness.

● The individual was wearing jeans and a pink sweater.

● Individuals in a society must learn to listen to each other with respect.

(adj) of, relating to, or existing as just one member or part of a larger group

● An egg carton has twelve individual spaces.

● The National Museum of Krakow is home to thousands of individual art pieces.

● The demands of their individual learning can be night and day.

Other words in this family: individualized, individualism, individualist, individualistic, individualists, individuality, individually, individuals

Function

/ ˈfʌŋk ʃən /

(n) something or someone's special purpose

● Sometimes our tv's function is to babysit.

● The function of government should be to serve its people.

● Do you think courts function as change agents?

(v) to work or operate

● In customer service, I function as a problem solver.

● I can’t function on less than 7 hours of sleep.

● She’s functioning as a messenger between the two sides.

Other words in this family: functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions

Environment

/ ɛnˈvaɪ əɹn mənt /

(n) the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

● Human activity affects the earth's environment on many levels.

● The media environment -- particularly the social media environment -- drives negativity.

● Nobody's born with an accent; the accent comes from the environment.

Other words in this family: environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments