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INDIVIDUALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make personal or more personal

Example:

personalized service

Synonyms:

individualise; individualize; personalise; personalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "individualize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

individual (a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make or mark or treat as individual

Example:

The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone

Synonyms:

individualise; individualize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "individualize" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

individual (a single organism)

individualization (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

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