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individualize
incognizant

in·di·vid·u·al·ize

individualize

 
 
pronunciation:
In dih vI ju laIz
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: individualizes, individualizing, individualized
definition 1: to make distinct, unique, or suited to a particular person or thing.
The class is too large to allow the teacher to individualize instruction.
definition 2: to treat or take into account separately or individually.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)individualize also, around, better, both, clearly, completely, example, far, for, highly, however, more, often, thus, too, why
(v.)individualize + nounHelp ability, activity, advice, approach, area, art, aspect, assessment, assignment, assistance, attention, book, care, case, center, character, child, client, component, composition, consideration, consultant, course, curriculum, design, detail, detoxification, diet, difference, dress, drug, education, effort, experience, feedback, figure, food, function, goal, good, group, health, information, instruction, interaction, intervention, issue, judgment, learning, lesson, level, management, method, model, need, offer, opportunity, parent, performance, period, philosophy, piece, plan, planning, power, practice, profile, program, project, protocol, quality, reader, reading, remediation, research, responsiveness, result, right, room, service, session, setting, situation, skill, skin, sport, staffing, strategy, student, style, supplement, support, system, task, teacher, teaching, technique, therapy, tone, training, treatment, use, water, way, work [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: individualization (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word individualize contains the following part:
divid, divis Latin root that means divide