"customize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌst.ə.maɪ̯z/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-customize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: customizes [present, singular, third-person], customizing [participle, present], customized [participle, past], customized [past]
Etymology: custom + -ize. First attested in 1934 in American English. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|custom|ize}} custom + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} customize (third-person singular simple present customizes, present participle customizing, simple past and past participle customized)
  1. To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications. Synonyms: customise [British] Translations (alter according to preferences): հարմարեցնել (harmarecʻnel) (Armenian), изработвам по поръчка (Bulgarian), приспособявам според потребностите си (prisposobjavam spored potrebnostite si) (Bulgarian), 定制 (dìngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 定做 (dìngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 客製化 (Chinese Mandarin), 客制化 (kèzhìhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 自定義 (Chinese Mandarin), 自定义 (zìdìngyì) (Chinese Mandarin), přizpůsobit [perfective] (Czech), skræddersy (Danish), specialbygge (Danish), agordi (Esperanto), kohandama (Estonian), isiksustama (Estonian), mukauttaa (Finnish), muuttaa toiveiden mukaiseksi (Finnish), kustomoida [colloquial] (Finnish), personalizar (Galician), speziell anfertigen (German), testre szab (Hungarian), menyesuaikan (Indonesian), customizzare (Italian), personalizzare (Italian), カスタマイズする (kasutamaizu-suru) (Japanese), pritaikymas individualiam vartojimui (Lithuanian), whakawhaiaro (Maori), سفاریستن (Persian), dostosowywać [imperfective] (Polish), personalizować [imperfective] (Polish), personalizar (Portuguese), customizar (Portuguese), модифици́ровать (modificírovatʹ) (alt: в соотве́тствии с тре́бованиями) (Russian), personalizar (Spanish), anpassa (Swedish), skräddarsy (Swedish), אינדיווידואַליזירן (individualizirn) (Yiddish)

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} customize
  1. inflection of customizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: customizar
    Sense id: en-customize-pt-verb-omCMPQwT Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of customizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: customizar
    Sense id: en-customize-pt-verb-ecLFA5uY

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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "isiksustama"
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "mukauttaa"
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "muuttaa toiveiden mukaiseksi"
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "personalizar"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "speziell anfertigen"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "testre szab"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "menyesuaikan"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "customizzare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "personalizzare"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasutamaizu-suru",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "カスタマイズする"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "pritaikymas individualiam vartojimui"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "whakawhaiaro"
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "سفاریستن"
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      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "personalizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "personalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "customizar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "в соотве́тствии с тре́бованиями",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "modificírovatʹ",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "модифици́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "personalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "anpassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "skräddarsy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "individualizirn",
      "sense": "alter according to preferences",
      "word": "אינדיווידואַליזירן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "customize"
}

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    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
    "Portuguese verb forms"
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "customize",
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  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "customizar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of customizar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
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        [
          "customizar",
          "customizar#Portuguese"
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        "inflection of customizar:\n"
      ],
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        "singular",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "customizar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of customizar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "customizar",
          "customizar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of customizar:\n"
      ],
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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  "word": "customize"
}

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