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

Instead, they said, they have their own set of standards and individualize programming based on specific family needs and factors such as location and affordability.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

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

The work is part of an approach to cancer treatment called de-escalation: an effort to individualize treatment to a specific subtype of the disease, achieving the same results with less treatment and fewer interventions.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

The Western lark seems even more than others to individualize his utterances, so that constant surprises reward the discriminating listener.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne