personalize
verb [T] (UK usually personalise) /ˈpɜː.sən.əl.aɪz/
/ˈpɝː-/ Definition
› If you personalize an object, you change it or add to it so that it is obvious that it belongs to or comes from you: The computer allows you to personalize standard letters by adding a greeting to each one. She had done little to personalize her room, except hang a few posters on the walls.Unique and unusualGood, better and best in terms of quality › to make something suitable for the needs of a particular person: She hired a trainer to create a personalized exercise schedule to get her into shape.Unique and unusualGood, better and best in terms of quality › If you personalize a subject, you make people feel more emotionally involved in it by giving examples about real people: By telling people about her accident, she personalizes the numbing figure of road accidents that happen every year.Describing and telling stories › disapproving If you personalize an argument or discussion, you start to criticize someone's bad qualities instead of discussing the facts.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of personalize verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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