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

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

“This is allowing individual parents to individualize a curriculum for their own worldview.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 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

“But in the end,” she adds, “there’s always going to be something to individualize your handwriting from somebody else.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 2, 2022

How can I find anything to individualize this day from others, the same mechanical duties, the same lazy nothing to do.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd