PERSONALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does personalize mean? 

• PERSONALIZE (verb)
  The verb PERSONALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make personal or more personal

  Familiarity information: PERSONALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSONALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they personalize    ... he / she / it personalizes   
Past simple: personalized   
Past participle: personalized   
-ing form: personalizing   

Sense 1

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 "personalize" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

depersonalize (make impersonal or present as an object)

 Context examples 

Examples of personalized medicine include using targeted therapies to treat specific types of cancer cells, such as HER2-positive breast cancer cells, or using tumor marker testing to help diagnose cancer.

(Personalized medicine, NCI Dictionary)

To make according to individual requirements or specifications; to make more personalized or tailored for a specific need.

(Customize, NCI Thesaurus)

Gene expression profiles may be used in personalized medicine.

(Microarray Analysis, NCI Dictionary)

People are always looking for improved, personalized services.

(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers believe that the strength of the perivascular FAI in predicting the risk of future cardiac events could guide therapeutic decisions for individual patients, promoting a more personalized medicine approach to care.

(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)

The results suggest that the system can mimic critical parts of the human nervous system, raising the possibility that it may one day, be used to test personalized treatments of neurological disorders.

(Researchers begin recreating human spinal cords on a chip, National Institutes of Health)

However, every person’s TMAO profile appears to be different, so tracking this chemical marker, Hazen suggested, could be an important step in using personalized medicine to fight heart disease.

(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

Further, it creates more opportunity for personalized and targeted treatment approaches for conditions such as ADHD or autism.

(Brain Activity Is Inherited, May Inform Treatment for ADHD, Autism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Cancer Information Service is the National Cancer Institute's link to the public, interpreting and explaining research findings in a clear and understandable manner, and providing personalized responses to specific questions about cancer.

(Cancer Information Service, NCI Dictionary)

The CIS is the National Cancer Institute's link to the public, interpreting and explaining research findings in a clear and understandable manner, and providing personalized responses to specific questions about cancer.

(CIS, NCI Dictionary)