TAILOR-MADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailor-made mean? 

• TAILOR-MADE (noun)
  The noun TAILOR-MADE has 1 sense:

1. custom-made clothing

  Familiarity information: TAILOR-MADE used as a noun is very rare.

• TAILOR-MADE (adjective)
  The adjective TAILOR-MADE has 1 sense:

1. (of clothing) custom-made

  Familiarity information: TAILOR-MADE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAILOR-MADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Custom-made clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tailor-made" is a kind of...):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

• TAILOR-MADE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of clothing) custom-made

Synonyms:

bespoke; bespoken; made-to-order; tailor-made; tailored

Similar:

custom; custom-made (made according to the specifications of an individual)

 Context examples 

This day, March 20, will be an exceedingly rare day that seems tailor-made for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Data from Odyssey's Gamma Ray Spectrometer, which is tailor-made for mapping water ice deposits, were also useful.

(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)

RNAs carry information between protein and DNA in cells, and Professor Jaramillo has proved that these molecules can be produced and organised into tailor-made sequences of commands, similar to codes for computer software, which feed specific instructions into cells, programming them to do what we want.

(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

News should thrill you, for the project will be tailor-made for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Be happy, dear Virgo—you are in a month that is tailor-made for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On December 15 (plus or minus two days), Uranus and Jupiter will work together to send you a surprise, possibly in the form of an outstanding opportunity that will be tailor-made for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are attached, Valentine’s Day, February 14, will be tailor-made for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)