INDIVIDUALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does individualise mean? 

• INDIVIDUALISE (verb)
  The verb INDIVIDUALISE has 2 senses:

1. make or mark or treat as individual

2. make personal or more personal

  Familiarity information: INDIVIDUALISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIVIDUALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they individualise    ... he / she / it individualises   
Past simple: individualised   
Past participle: individualised   
-ing form: individualising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or mark or treat as individual

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

individualise; individualize

Context example:

The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone

Hypernyms (to "individualise" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

individualisation (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make personal or more personal

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

individualise; individualize; personalise; personalize

Context example:

personalized service

Hypernyms (to "individualise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

According to the researchers, the findings suggest generalisability of the data across populations and a possibility of developing individualised risk prediction charts for allergic respiratory diseases.

(New Approach to Predict Respiratory Allergy in Early Childhood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)