tailor-make


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tailor-make

vb (tr)
to adapt to meet particular requirements or purposes
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tailor-make


Past participle: tailor-made
Gerund: tailor-making

Imperative
tailor-make
tailor-make
Present
I tailor-make
you tailor-make
he/she/it tailor-makes
we tailor-make
you tailor-make
they tailor-make
Preterite
I tailor-made
you tailor-made
he/she/it tailor-made
we tailor-made
you tailor-made
they tailor-made
Present Continuous
I am tailor-making
you are tailor-making
he/she/it is tailor-making
we are tailor-making
you are tailor-making
they are tailor-making
Present Perfect
I have tailor-made
you have tailor-made
he/she/it has tailor-made
we have tailor-made
you have tailor-made
they have tailor-made
Past Continuous
I was tailor-making
you were tailor-making
he/she/it was tailor-making
we were tailor-making
you were tailor-making
they were tailor-making
Past Perfect
I had tailor-made
you had tailor-made
he/she/it had tailor-made
we had tailor-made
you had tailor-made
they had tailor-made
Future
I will tailor-make
you will tailor-make
he/she/it will tailor-make
we will tailor-make
you will tailor-make
they will tailor-make
Future Perfect
I will have tailor-made
you will have tailor-made
he/she/it will have tailor-made
we will have tailor-made
you will have tailor-made
they will have tailor-made
Future Continuous
I will be tailor-making
you will be tailor-making
he/she/it will be tailor-making
we will be tailor-making
you will be tailor-making
they will be tailor-making
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tailor-making
you have been tailor-making
he/she/it has been tailor-making
we have been tailor-making
you have been tailor-making
they have been tailor-making
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tailor-making
you will have been tailor-making
he/she/it will have been tailor-making
we will have been tailor-making
you will have been tailor-making
they will have been tailor-making
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tailor-making
you had been tailor-making
he/she/it had been tailor-making
we had been tailor-making
you had been tailor-making
they had been tailor-making
Conditional
I would tailor-make
you would tailor-make
he/she/it would tailor-make
we would tailor-make
you would tailor-make
they would tailor-make
Past Conditional
I would have tailor-made
you would have tailor-made
he/she/it would have tailor-made
we would have tailor-made
you would have tailor-made
they would have tailor-made
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.tailor-make - create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?"
sew, tailor
fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
run up - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
quilt - create by stitching together
2.tailor-make - make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me"
customise, customize, custom-make
produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

tailor-make

[ˈteɪləˈmeɪk] VT → diseñar a medida
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tailor-make

vt the company can tailor-make your entire trip → die Firma kann Ihre ganze Reise für Sie persönlich zusammenstellen; you can tailor-make running to suit your needs → Sie können das Dauerlaufen auf Ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse zuschneiden; the therapist will tailor-make the session for you → der Therapeut stimmt die Sitzung auf Ihre persönlichen Bedürfnisse ab
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