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
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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individualizesimple
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individualizessimple
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have individualizedperfect
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has individualizedperfect
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am individualizingprogressive
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are individualizingprogressive
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is individualizingprogressive
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have been individualizingperfect progressive
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has been individualizingperfect progressive
Past
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individualizedsimple
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had individualizedperfect
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was individualizingprogressive
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were individualizingprogressive
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had been individualizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of individualize
First recorded in 1630–40; individual + -ize
Example Sentences
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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
The production would be stronger if more effort were made to further individualize the subordinate characters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 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
As long as fashion takes the place of taste, and extravagant chic supersedes grace and beauty, we must not hope that fine designs to individualize dress will be called for.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
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