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# tailor

«tailor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to make, mend or change clothes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, verb (tailor, tailors, tailored, tailoring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tailor is a person whose job is to make, mend or change clothes, especially suits and coats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#m1)

2) To tailor clothes is to make them fit a person exactly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#m2)

3) To tailor something is to make it suit a special need: a plan tailored to each child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a worker who makes clothes; cloth used per suit, buttons sewn per coat, money earned: the rate tells you to multiply. Stories: The Brave Little Tailor, «The Emperor's New Clothes». Everyday: tailor-made (made just for you).

### examples

- A tailor needs 2 meters of cloth for each suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x1)
- The tailor sewed 5 buttons on each coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x2)
- The tailor made 12 shirts in a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x3)
- He charges 20 dollars for each dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x4)
- The tailor measured Dad for a new suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x5)
- The brave little tailor killed seven flies with one blow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x6)
- The lessons are tailored to each child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x7)
- On the way he met a tailor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; regular verb. A person of the story; the rate (cloth per suit, buttons per coat) tells you to multiply. Trap: none.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tailor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tailor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.