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customize

/ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/

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Australia/ˈkas.tə.mɑɪ̯z/

customize verb: to build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.

Verb

customize (third-person singular simple present customizes, present participle customizing, simple past and past participle customized)

  1. To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
    • High-priced lattes and customized drinks helped lift the coffee chain’s US sales in the quarter ending on October 1, the company said Thursday.2023 November 2, Danielle Wiener-Bronner, “Starbucks is leaning into its sugary concoctions to boost the business”, in CNN Business

customize meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

customize in Hindi

अनुकूलित करना, अनुकूलित करें, कस्टमाइज़ करना

customize in Tamil

விருப்பமைவு, விருப்பமை, விருப்பமைவு செய், வசப்படுத்து, வாடிக்கையாளர், பயனர் விருப்பத்திற்கு ஏற்ப அமை

customize in Marathi

सानुकूलित करणे, सानुकूलित करा

customize in Bengali

কাস্টমাইজ করা, কাস্টমাইজ করতে, কাস্টমাইজ করুন
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customize in Telugu
అనుకూలీకరించండి, అనుకూలీకరించు, అనుకూలీకరించడానికి
customize in Malayalam
യഥേഷ്ടം മാറ്റുക
customize in Kannada
ಗ್ರಾಹಕೀಯಗೊಳಿಸು, ಬೇಕಿರುವಂತೆ, ತನಗೊಪ್ಪುವಂತೆ, ಒಗ್ಗುವಂತೆ
customize in Punjabi
ਕਸਟਮਾਈਜ਼ ਕਰਨਾ, ਕਸਟਮਾਈਜ਼ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਅਨੁਕੂਲਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
customize in Gujarati
કસ્ટમાઇઝ કરો, કસ્ટમાઇઝ કરવું, કસ્ટમાઇઝ કરવા માટે
customize in Nepali
अनुकूलित गर्ने
customize in Tagalog
ipasadya
customize in Indonesian
menyesuaikan
customize in Persian
سفاریستن

Examples of customize in a sentence

  • I've customized my local install; the out-of-the-box version looks a bit different.
  • A dynamically tailorable mechanism is used for customizing caching policies in a processor system.
  • She runs a semi-homemade gaming PC — it has been customized for more power, memory, and speed.

All 26 example sentences with customize

Forms of customize

third-person singular presentcustomizes
present participlecustomizing
past participlecustomized
pastcustomized
alternative UKcustomise

Past tense of customize: customized

Origin of customize

From custom + -ize. First attested in 1934 in American English.

Words formed from customize

Questions about customize

What does customize mean?
Customize means to build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
What is customize in Hindi?
Customize in Hindi is अनुकूलित करना, अनुकूलित करें, कस्टमाइज़ करना. See Customize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is customize?
Customize is a verb.
How do you pronounce customize?
Customize is pronounced /ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/ (UK).
What is the past tense of customize?
The past tense of customize is customized.

Words near customize in the dictionary

  1. customising
  2. customizability
  3. customizable
  4. customization
  5. customizations
  6. customize
  7. customized
  8. customizer
  9. customizers
  10. customizes
  11. customizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: customize (page history and authors); customize (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); customize (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); customize (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); customize (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); customize (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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