tailor-make
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To customize or create specifically to meet the requirements of an individual.
Example Sentences
- "Financial services software providers enable a customer to more or less constantly tailor-make his or her banking services."
- "Rather 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."
- "As we develop our skills at modelling, so we can adapt strategies to fit, tailor-make them for our personal preferences."
- "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."
- "In the tailor-making process, the tailor must take time to get all the exact measurements to ensure a proper fit."
- "But 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!"
Etymology
Back formation from tailor-made.