Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense customizes, present participle customizing, past tense, past participle customizedregional note: in BRIT, also use customise
verb
If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
...a control that allows photographers to customise the camera's basic settings. [VERB noun]
...customized software. [VERB-ed]
customize in British English
or customise (ˈkʌstəˌmaɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to modify (something) according to a customer's individual requirements
Derived forms
customizable (ˈcustoˌmizable) or customisable (ˈcustoˌmisable)
adjective
customization (ˌcustomiˈzation) or customisation (ˌcustomiˈsation)
noun
customize in American English
(ˈkʌstəmˌaɪz)
US
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcustomˌized or ˈcustomˌizing
to make, build, or modify according to personal or individual specifications
Derived forms
customizer (ˈcustomˌizer)
noun
Word origin
custom + -ize
Examples of 'customize' in a sentence
customize
With Dalek at the studio controls and me to temper and customize each track, we were flawless.
Shell, Ray ICED (2001)
"If we start opening up the syllabus, then every student or squadron that comes through will want to customize it.
James W. Huston FALLOUT (2001)
In other languages
customize
British English: customize VERB
If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
...a control that allows photographers to customize the camera's basic settings.
American English: customize
Brazilian Portuguese: personalizar
Chinese: 个性化设置
European Spanish: personalizar
French: customiser
German: individualisieren
Italian: personalizzare
Japanese: カスタマイズする
Korean: 취향이나 필요에 맞게 개조하다
European Portuguese: personalizar
Latin American Spanish: personalizar
Chinese translation of 'customize'
customize
(ˈkʌstəmaɪz)
vt
[product, car, software etc]按顾(顧)客的具体(體)要求制(製)造 (àn gùkè de jùtǐ yāoqiú zhìzào)