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Definitions: Tailor-make |
Tailor-makeVerb1. Create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?". 2. Make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Tailor-makeSynonyms: customise (v), customize (v), custom-make (v), sew (v), tailor (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: package tailored to one's needs (mechanical engineering, engineering & technology), Tailor made clearing (finance), tailor-made package (mechanical engineering, engineering & technology), tailor-made recycling (environment), 'tailor-made'care (public administration, insurance). |
| "Tailor-make" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Tailor-make" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tailor-make"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 剪裁做. (various references) | |
Korean | 양복을 " 조하십시". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailor-maketay.(various references) | |
Russian | делать по специальному заказу. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-k-l-m-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: amitrole, keratoma, material, moatlike, rolamite. | |
-3 letters: amirate, armlike, keitloa, loamier, maltier, marital, marlite, martial, motlier, oarlike, oatlike, oatmeal, ratlike, talkier. | |
-4 letters: aerial, amatol, amoral, amrita, aortae, aortal, areola, armlet, atrial, imaret, kalmia, karate, kilter, kirtle, lakier, lamiae, lariat, latria, loiter, mailer, malate, maloti, market, meatal, merlot, milker, milter, mitral, moiler, molter, morale, mortal, motile, ramate, ramtil, realia, remail, retail, retial, rialto, tailer, tailor, talker, talkie, tamale, tamari, toiler, tramel, troika. | |
-5 letters: aimer, akela, alamo, alarm, alate, alert, alike, altar, alter, amole, amort, aorta, areal, ariel, armet, aroma, artal, artel, atria, email, irate, kalam, karat, karma, kelim, ketol, kiter, koala, korai, korat, kraal, krait, laari, laker, lamer, lamia, later, latke, liker, lirot, liter, litre, maile, makar, maker, malar, maria, mater, merit, metal, metro, mikra, miler, miter, mitre, moira, moire, molar, morae, moral, morel, motel, oater, oiler, orate, oriel, ramet, ramie, ratal, ratel, ratio, realm, reata, relit, remit, reoil, retia, riata, taker, talar, taler, tamal, tamer, tarok, telia, teloi, terai, tiara, tilak, tiler, timer, toile, toker, tolar, traik, trail, trial, trike, triol, troak, troke. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 69 6C 6F 72 2D 6D 61 6B 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101001 01101100 01101111 01110010 00101101 01101101 01100001 01101011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a i l o r - m a k e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0069 006C 006F 0072 002D 006D 0061 006B 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467757881841579677771 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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