personalise

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A form of personalize — To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.

Similar
personalizeindividualizeindividualise
Opposite
depersonalise
OriginEnglish personal ← Middle English personal →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

verbpersonalise (third-person singular simple present personalises, present participle personalising, simple past and past participle personalised)

present singular third person personalises · participle present personalising · participle past personalised · past personalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.

    The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.

    2024 December 23, “Cancer survivor makes hampers for young patients”, in BBC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake personal or more personal

Similar
personalizeindividualizeindividualise
Opposite
depersonalise
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
individualizepersonalize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishpersonal
  2. Englishpersonal
  3. Englishpersonalise

From personal + -ise.

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Cite this entry
APA

personalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personalise

MLA

“personalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personalise.

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