CUSTOMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does customize mean? 

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

1. make to specifications

2. make according to requirements

  Familiarity information: CUSTOMIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUSTOMIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they customize    ... he / she / it customizes   
Past simple: customized   
Past participle: customized   
-ing form: customizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make to specifications

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make

Context example:

I had this desk custom-made for me

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

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men customize the bookshelves

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make according to requirements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

customise; customize

Context example:

customize a car

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

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

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Exercise in the future could be customized for individuals based on genomics, according to a study by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team is working to customize several forms of troponin C to increase or decrease contraction force to respond to a range of disorders.

(Engineered protein restores heart function, NIH)

Using crowdsourced observations from participating users' smartphones, scientists could detect and analyze earthquakes, and transmit customized earthquake warnings back to them and other users.

(Crowdsourced Smartphone Data Could Give Advance Notice for People in Quake Zones, JPL)

The Art Services Shared Resource supports Cancer Center members by providing advice, customized design, and reproduction services to meet the needs of individual scientists, departments and educational programs for art, computer-imaging, graphics and photography services, including needs for scientific publications and presentations, printing, and audiovisual media.

(Illustration Graphic Art Publication and Audiovisual Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)