Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made by a tailor; custom-made.
- adjective Simple, trim, or severe in line or design.
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- adjective Adjusted by a
tailor ,fitted . - adjective Made by a tailor.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tailor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of clothing) custom-made
- adjective severely simple in line or design
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Examples
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The FDA, he says, ought to be better prepared for what he calls "tailored" therapies.
'The Biomedical Century' Joseph Rago 2011
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Of course, the rest of the nation — or, perhaps, most of it — was laughing at the Cowboys, hoping they'd plunge to 0-16 and owner Jerry Jones wound be found, like Dickens's Miss Havisham, wandering his $1.1 billion stadium barefoot in tailored Neiman Marcus pajamas, muttering gibberish about Tex Schramm and the NFL's collective bargaining agreement.
In Dallas, Stars Are Again Aligned Jason Gay 2010
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For example, the researchers said specially coated magnetic particles designed to attract particular viruses or bacteria might be used in tailored combinations to simultaneously test for multiple infectious pathogens in a blood or water sample.
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He was known for his insouciance, hopping out of limousines in tailored, three-piece suits to attend hearings and his trial.
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Peter travelled as a guest of Railbookers, the specialist in short, tailored breaks by Eurostar and train.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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Although I am unsure of the popularity of womanism, since I have never heard of it referred to before, I can only imagine that such a word tailored to the unique fabric of Black women's lives was welcomed with much sound consensus on behalf of the Black Feminist Movement.
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At a different, smarter bank, workshop planners collaborated with senior managers on a highly specific and therefore highly valuable definition tailored to meet immediate needs.
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (on camera): A senior administration official tells us that the White House has come up with a new policy in dealing with an increasingly defiant North Korea; it's called tailored containment.
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MALVEAUX: Now, the U.S. policy towards North Korea is called tailored containment.
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The U-M study took a different approach, called tailored treatment, which uses a person's risk factors and mathematical models to calculate the expected benefit of treatment, by considering:
strev commented on the word tailored
The snubbing of a dogs tail.
April 11, 2009