per ‧ son ‧ al ‧ ize BrE AmE ( also personalise British English ) /ˈpɜːs ə nəlaɪz $ ˈpɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ person , ↑ personality , ↑ persona , ↑ personage , the personals, ↑ personification , ↑ personnel ; adjective : ↑ personal ≠ ↑ impersonal , ↑ personalized , ↑ personable ; verb : ↑ personalize , ↑ personify ; adverb : ↑ personally ≠ ↑ impersonally ]
1 . to put your name or ↑ initial s on something, or to decorate it in your own way, to show that it belongs to you:
Why not do something to personalize your office?
2 . to design or change something so that it is suitable for a particular person:
All the products can be personalized to the client’s exact requirements.
3 . to discuss a subject by talking about or criticizing the people who are involved in it, rather than talking about it in a more general way:
the mass media’s tendency to personalize politics
—personalized adjective :
a personalized number plate