individualize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
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to mention, indicate, or consider individually; specify; particularize.
verb
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to make or mark as individual or distinctive in character
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to consider or treat individually; particularize
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to make or modify so as to meet the special requirements of a person
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of individualize
First recorded in 1630–40; individual + -ize
Example Sentences
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At least part of the investigation centers on a failed chatbot project that was supposed to revolutionize and individualize education.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The researchers hope that the results of this study will help to identify elbow injuries in children who play baseball and to individualize treatment based on skeletal maturity.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
“It helps to humanize and individualize the vastness of the Holocaust and personalize history that is sometimes only communicated through statistics,” she added.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
“When you individualize and talk about individual stories, those stories are hard and very difficult,” Ms. Ardern told Newshub, a New Zealand news outlet, in February.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
Here design to individualize the living-room comes into play, and is most conspicuous for good or for evil effect.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
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