personalize transitive verb (-ized; -izing)
Date: circa 1741 1.personify2. to make personal
or individual; specifically to mark as the property of a particular
person <personalized stationery> • personalizationnoun
personalize
(personalizes, personalizing, personalized)Note: in BRIT, also use 'personalise'
1. If an object is personalized, it is marked with the name or initials of its owner.
The clock has easy-to-read numbers and is personalised with the child's name and birth
date.VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
• personalized...a Rolls-Royce with a personalised number plate.ADJ: ADJ n
2. If you personalize something, you do or design it specially according to the needs
of an individual or to your own needs.
Personalising your car has never been cheaper....an ideal centre for professional men or women who need intensive, personalised French
courses.VERB: V n, V-ed
3. If you personalize an argument, discussion, idea, or issue, you consider it from
the point of view of individual people and their characters or relationships, rather than
considering the facts in a general or abstract way.
Women tend to personalise rejection more than men...The contest has become personalised, if not bitter.VERB: V n, V-ed, also V
Personalize \Per"son*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Personalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Personalizing.]
To make personal. ``They personalize death.'' --H. Spencer.
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