"tailor-made" meaning in English

See tailor-made in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tailor-made (not comparable)
  1. Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Smoking Translations (made by a tailor): räätälin tekemä (Finnish), maßgeschneidert (German), thalhearagh (Manx), skräddarsydd (Swedish), måttbeställd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tailor-made-en-adj-oEv53oQr Disambiguation of Smoking: 34 8 18 26 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 20 4 9 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 11 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 21 5 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 20 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 55 16 11 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 14 11 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 18 7 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 14 10 20 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 50 14 11 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 14 13 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 14 11 17 8 Disambiguation of 'made by a tailor': 85 15
  2. Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tailor-made-en-adj-25ghVgsb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bitch-made Translations (made to specific requirements): op maat (gemaakt) (Dutch), maat- (Dutch), räätälöity (Finnish), maßgeschneidert (German), κατά παραγγελία (katá parangelía) (Greek), επί παραγγελία (epí parangelía) (Greek), εξατομικευμένος (exatomikevménos) (Greek), (szyty) na miarę (Polish), skräddarsydd (Swedish), specialanpassad (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'made to specific requirements': 50 50

Noun

Forms: tailor-mades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailor-made (plural tailor-mades)
  1. A suit made by a tailor.
    Sense id: en-tailor-made-en-noun-Fw3IZfrB
  2. (prison slang) Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”) Tags: slang Synonyms: civvy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tailor-made-en-noun-JJjFl2P9

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tailor-made
  1. simple past and past participle of tailor-make Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: tailor-make
    Sense id: en-tailor-made-en-verb-ky50QGTE

Inflected forms

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