Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense individualizes, present participle individualizing, past tense, past participle individualizedregional note: in BRIT, also use individualise
verb
To individualize a thing or person means to make them different from other things or people and to give them a recognizable identity.
[formal]
You can individualize a document by adding comments in the margins. [VERB noun]
individualizedgraded adjective
Doctors feel that a more individualized approach to patients should now be adopted.
individualize in British English
or individualise (ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəˌlaɪz)
verb(transitive)
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
Derived forms
individualization (ˌindiˌvidualiˈzation) or individualisation (ˌindiˌvidualiˈsation)
noun
individualizer (ˌindiˈvidualˌizer) or individualiser (ˌindiˈvidualˌiser)
noun
individualize in American English
(ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒuəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌindiˈvidualˌized or ˌindiˈvidualˌizing
1.
to make individual; mark as different from other persons or things
2.
to suit to the use, taste, requirements, etc. of a particular individual