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per·son·al·ize

(pûr′sə-nə-līz)

tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es

a. To render personal rather than impersonal or purely professional: personalized the doctor-patient relationship.

b. To make or alter so as to meet individual needs, inclinations, or specifications: personalize a drug regimen; personalize emails to potential customers.

c. To have printed, engraved, or monogrammed with one's name or initials: personalized the bath towels.

2. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

3. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify: "songs from the fifties and sixties that personalized automobiles by giving them names" (Christopher Hitchens).

per′son·al·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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personalize

(ˈpɜːsənəˌlaɪz) or

personalise

vb (tr)

1. to endow with personal or individual qualities or characteristics

2. to mark (stationery, clothing, etc) with a person's initials, name, etc

3. to take (a remark, etc) personally

4. another word for personify

ˌpersonaliˈzation, ˌpersonaliˈsation n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

per•son•al•ize

(ˈpɜr sə nlˌaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.

1. to have marked with one's initials or name: to personalize stationery.

2. to make personal, as by applying a general statement to oneself.

3. to personify.

per`son•al•i•za′tion, n.

personalize

Past participle: personalized
Gerund: personalizing

Imperative
personalize
personalize

Present
I personalize
you personalize
he/she/it personalizes
we personalize
you personalize
they personalize

Preterite
I personalized
you personalized
he/she/it personalized
we personalized
you personalized
they personalized

Present Continuous
I am personalizing
you are personalizing
he/she/it is personalizing
we are personalizing
you are personalizing
they are personalizing

Present Perfect
I have personalized
you have personalized
he/she/it has personalized
we have personalized
you have personalized
they have personalized

Past Continuous
I was personalizing
you were personalizing
he/she/it was personalizing
we were personalizing
you were personalizing
they were personalizing

Past Perfect
I had personalized
you had personalized
he/she/it had personalized
we had personalized
you had personalized
they had personalized

Future
I will personalize
you will personalize
he/she/it will personalize
we will personalize
you will personalize
they will personalize

Future Perfect
I will have personalized
you will have personalized
he/she/it will have personalized
we will have personalized
you will have personalized
they will have personalized

Future Continuous
I will be personalizing
you will be personalizing
he/she/it will be personalizing
we will be personalizing
you will be personalizing
they will be personalizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been personalizing
you have been personalizing
he/she/it has been personalizing
we have been personalizing
you have been personalizing
they have been personalizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been personalizing
you will have been personalizing
he/she/it will have been personalizing
we will have been personalizing
you will have been personalizing
they will have been personalizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been personalizing
you had been personalizing
he/she/it had been personalizing
we had been personalizing
you had been personalizing
they had been personalizing

Conditional
I would personalize
you would personalize
he/she/it would personalize
we would personalize
you would personalize
they would personalize

Past Conditional
I would have personalized
you would have personalized
he/she/it would have personalized
we would have personalized
you would have personalized
they would have personalized

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Verb

personalize - make personal or more personal; "personalized service"

personalise, individualise, individualize

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify - make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions?"; "Pornography objectifies women"

personalize

verb customize, individualize, make to order, make distinctive, give a personal touch to We will personalize the gift with the child's name at no extra cost.

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personalize

verb

To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:

body forth, embody, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personify, substantiate.

Translations

personnaliser

personalizzare

personalize

[ˈpɜːsənəlaɪz] VT

1. [+ garment, accessory] → marcar con iniciales

2. [+ argument, issue] → llevar al terreno de lo personal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

personalize

[ˈpɜː^rs^ənəlaɪz] personalise (British) vt

(= mark with name, initialized) → personnaliser

[+ car, service, course] → personnaliser

[+ argument, discussion, idea] → personnaliser

personalize

(= make more personal) → persönlicher gestalten; (= put initials etc on) diary, calculator, shirt → eine persönliche or individuelle Note geben (+dat); personalized letterhead → persönliches or individuelles Briefpapier; personalized number plates = vanity plates

(= treat as personal issue) → personalisieren

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

personalize

[ˈpɜːsənəˌlaɪz] vt → personalizzare

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