Meanings
present singular third person tailor-makes · participle present tailor-making · participle past tailor-made · past tailor-made · alternative tailor make
- To customize or create specifically to meet the requirements of an individual.
As we develop our skills at modelling, so we can adapt strategies to fit, tailor-make them for our personal preferences.
2007, Andrew Lynch, How to Make a Good Mind Great, →ISBN, page 2122 more examples
Financial services software providers enable a customer to more or less constantly tailor-make his or her banking services.
2001, Richard Normann, Reframing Business: When the Map Changes the Landscape, →ISBNRather than casting around in the dark, you can now tailor-make something from scratch with someone who knows exactly what is needed — and even better, who now has a vested interest in using the material.
2004, Eric Beall, Susan Gedutis Lindsay, Making Music Make Money, →ISBN - To make (clothes) by a tailor.
In the tailor-making process, the tailor must take time to get all the exact measurements to ensure a proper fit.
2003, Tara Keeling, Awesome Mysteries Beyond Heaven's Gate, →ISBN, page 862 more examples
The employee was unable to fit into the largest size, and the arbitrator held that it was not reasonable for the company to be required to tailor-make each costume or uniform.
1997, Journal of Individual Employment Rights - Volume 6, page 105But what this has done is almost to define couture as anathema to dress, as if its contrast with the "prêt-à-porter" side of the fashion business is purchased with, not its "tailor-making" clothes that are fit to wear in a way those ready-to-wear never could be, but rather its making clothes that are not fit to wear at all!
2012, Sinead Murphy, The Art Kettle, →ISBN, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German maßschneidern, maßschneidern
- maßschneidernto customize or create specifically
- maßschneidernto make by a tailor
Polish szyć na miarę, uszyć na miarę
- szyć na miaręto customize or create specifically
- uszyć na miaręto customize or create specifically
- szyć na miaręto make by a tailor
- uszyć na miaręto make by a tailor
Spanish customizar
- customizarto customize or create specifically
Swedish skräddarsy, skräddarsy
- skräddarsyto customize or create specifically
- skräddarsyto make by a tailor
Cite this entry
tailor-make. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailor-make
“tailor-make.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailor-make. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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