individualize

American  

[in-duh-vij-oo-uh-lahyz] / ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əˌlaɪz /

especially British, individualise

verb (used with object)

individualized, individualizing

1. to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.

2. to mention, indicate, or consider individually; specify; particularize.

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individualize British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make or mark as individual or distinctive in character

2. to consider or treat individually; particularize

3. to make or modify so as to meet the special requirements of a person

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Other Word Forms

• individualization noun
• individualizer noun
• overindividualization noun
• unindividualized adjective

Etymology

Origin of individualize

First recorded in 1630–40; individual + -ize

Example Sentences

AllHere was best known for devising an automated system that could deliver messages to students and families that were individualized, but fell well short of what is commonly understood to be artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times

Fal’s Gur said that as the startup began selling to corporate customers, who require more individualized attention, it realized it needed to bulk up its sales team.

From The Wall Street Journal

Managed accounts, unlike target-date funds, provide individualized contribution guidance — recommendations to increase deferrals, projections showing the impact of saving more and periodic reassessments as income changes.

From MarketWatch

“I think every single one of our routines, BJ did an incredible and phenomenal job of individualizing them.”

From Los Angeles Times

But we might remark on the breadth of its impact as another result of transformed educational priorities, monoculture’s demise and individualized information streams.

From Salon