PERSONALIZE

[UK and ANZ] usually -ise [verb] [T]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 and an address to each one.She had done little to personalize her room, except hang a few posters on the walls.His car has a personalized number plate - TJ 1.When we moved house, we had to have another set of personalized letter paper printed.Personalized also means made suitable for the needs of a particular person.She hired a trainer to create a personalized exercise schedule to get her into shape.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. [T](disapproving) If you personalize an argument or discussion, you start to criticize someone's faults instead of discussing the facts.