Word family noun person personality persona personage the personals personification personnel adjective personal ≠ impersonal personalized personable verb personalize personify adverb personally ≠ impersonally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpersonalizeper‧son‧al‧ize (also personalise British English) /ˈpɜːsənəlaɪz $ ˈpɜːr-/ verb [transitive] 1 PERSONALLY/YOURSELFto put your name or initials 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 SUITABLEto 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 PERSONALLY/YOURSELFto 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→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
personalize• And sure enough, the signatures did look personalized.• Any one of the rights on the list can be personalized.• He and others had to let go of personalizing criticism in order to sustain a learning context.• Helena has personalized her office with things she's collected on her travels.• We try to personalize our presentation for each client.• You can ask the author to personalize the book with your child's name.• The President has personalized the debate by attacking his opponents by name.• Meeting someone with AIDS can personalize the disease for many people.• Other products will help those same users personalize their workstations with themes reflecting their interests.• What makes it special is it is a personalized video where you are part of the action.From Longman Business Dictionarypersonalizeper‧son‧al‧ize /ˈpɜːsənəlaɪzˈpɜr-/ (also personalise British English) verb [transitive] to design or change something so that it is suitable for a particular personAll the products can be personalized to the client’s exact requirements.→ See Verb table 