"individualize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: individualizes [present, singular, third-person], individualizing [participle, present], individualized [participle, past], individualized [past]
Etymology: individual + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|individual|ize}} individual + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} individualize (third-person singular simple present individualizes, present participle individualizing, simple past and past participle individualized)
  1. To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Translations (to give something its own individality): individualisieren (German), індивідуалізува́ти (indyvidualizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-individualize-en-verb-L5KRKK6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 54 46 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to give something its own individality': 98 2
  2. To modify something to suit an individual; to personalize. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Translations (to modify something to suit an individual): yksilöllistää (Finnish), індивідуалізува́ти (indyvidualizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-individualize-en-verb-259Et7Eb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 54 46 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to modify something to suit an individual': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: individualise (english: non-Oxford British English)

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