Personalize
/ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual. British, English, Oxford, US
"These "Eternal Ones of the Dream" are not to be confused with the personally modified symbolic figures that appear in nightmare and madness to the still tormented individual. Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamics of the psyche."
- 2 make personal or more personal wordnet
- 3 To represent something abstract as a person; to embody. British, English, Oxford, US
- 4 To imbue something with one's personality. British, English, Oxford, US
"Gloria Hull, best known as a Black Feminist literary critic, expands and personalizes her examination of creative thought in her first collection of poetry, Healing Heart."
Example
More examples"The students like to personalize their name tags by drawing pictures on them and using vibrant markers."
Etymology
From personal + -ize.