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• made-to-measure
  made-to-measure

  adjective

  (of a garment, shoes, etc.) made in accordance with a specific individual's measurements.
• made to measure
  made to measure

  Also, tailor-made. Fashioned to fit a particular need or purpose, very suitable. For example, Jane finds her new position is made to measure for her, or This bridge club is tailor-made for Max. Originally referring to clothes made to fit a particular person very precisely, these terms have been used figuratively since the mid-1900s. Also see made to order.

made-to-measure

American  

[meyd-tuh-mezh-er] / ˈmeɪd təˈmɛʒ ər /

adjective

1. (of a garment, shoes, etc.) made in accordance with a specific individual's measurements.

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made to measure Idioms  

1. Also, tailor-made. Fashioned to fit a particular need or purpose, very suitable. For example, Jane finds her new position is made to measure for her, or This bridge club is tailor-made for Max. Originally referring to clothes made to fit a particular person very precisely, these terms have been used figuratively since the mid-1900s. Also see made to order.

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Etymology

Origin of made-to-measure

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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made-to-measure made to measure

But last month the SFA confirmed a Glasgow-based tailor will make "sharp, made-to-measure suits" for the players and backroom staff.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Haute couture — the fashion industry’s ideas factory — is the age-old tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Rather like an orthopedic pin for a broken bone, a made-to-measure basswood “implant” was then inserted into each crack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

Few of the characters seemed to enjoy their made-to-measure suiting, their palaces in the sky.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2023

The choicest "made-to-measure" in his Universal Guide, "Snappy, fashionable, and up to the minute," came to less than half of that.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Designs must be original, made to measure and by hand, and created exclusively by the brand's permanent artistic director, in workshops based in France.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

And because all the company’s menswear is made to measure, users can further customize each product, like choosing color pairings or materials.

From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2018

Mr. Moll’s 6-foot-2 frame was made to measure for many of the basso profundo roles he came to own on the stages of the world’s leading opera houses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2017

We used to make more than 2,000 ladders a year, made to measure ones, out of Colombian and Norwegian pine.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2014

Ah, what we want is a key, made to measure and cut for the purpose! . . .

From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice

Related Words

• custom-made
• suitable
• suited