made-to-orderadj.

Brit.

/ˌmeɪdtuːˈɔːdə/, U.S.

/ˈˌmeɪdtuˈɔrdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: made adj., English to order.

Etymology: < made adj. + to order (see order n. 23c, and compare quot. 1855 at order n. 23c). Compare made-to-measure adj.

Of an article of clothing: that has been made to order. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1902 C. L. Cullen More Ex-tank Tales iii. 55 When I stepped off the train..I had more or less of a ready-money look... A light Scotch tweed suit on,..a maroon fancy waistcoat, a made-to-order straw bonnet, and a pair of toothpick patent leather skates.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 9/1 (advt.) Ladies' and gents' smart made-to-order spring suits made with particular care to every detail.

1926 E. A. Powell In Barbary xxi. 412 New Rabat is a made-to-order capital.

1947 ‘G. Orwell’ England your England (1953) 8 There was the made-to-order stuff which I produced quickly.

1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 277 Or the phrase used in a television advertisement for ‘Sentry—the made-to-order insurance’.

1992 Pittsburgh Nov. 42/2 And that already had started to become obvious before the senate race, when Thornburgh, working in Washington as U.S. Attorney General, blew what should have been a made-to-order assignment.

Derivatives

made-to-ˈorder-ness n. rare

ΚΠ

1923 Glasgow Herald 8 Nov. 4 There is an air of cynical made-to-order-ness about the second [poem].

1976 G. F. Wieland & R. A. Ullrich Organizations iv. 80 A degree of similarity exists between technical diffuseness and unit production, that is, ‘made-to-orderness’, just as there are similarities between specificity and process or mass production.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	made-to-order
释义	made-to-orderadj. Brit. /ˌmeɪdtuːˈɔːdə/, U.S. /ˈˌmeɪdtuˈɔrdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: made adj., English to order. Etymology: < made adj. + to order (see order n. 23c, and compare quot. 1855 at order n. 23c). Compare made-to-measure adj. Of an article of clothing: that has been made to order. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1902 C. L. Cullen More Ex-tank Tales iii. 55 When I stepped off the train..I had more or less of a ready-money look... A light Scotch tweed suit on,..a maroon fancy waistcoat, a made-to-order straw bonnet, and a pair of toothpick patent leather skates. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 9/1 (advt.) Ladies' and gents' smart made-to-order spring suits made with particular care to every detail. 1926 E. A. Powell In Barbary xxi. 412 New Rabat is a made-to-order capital. 1947 ‘G. Orwell’ England your England (1953) 8 There was the made-to-order stuff which I produced quickly. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 277 Or the phrase used in a television advertisement for ‘Sentry—the made-to-order insurance’. 1992 Pittsburgh Nov. 42/2 And that already had started to become obvious before the senate race, when Thornburgh, working in Washington as U.S. Attorney General, blew what should have been a made-to-order assignment. Derivatives made-to-ˈorder-ness n. rare ΚΠ 1923 Glasgow Herald 8 Nov. 4 There is an air of cynical made-to-order-ness about the second [poem]. 1976 G. F. Wieland & R. A. Ullrich Organizations iv. 80 A degree of similarity exists between technical diffuseness and unit production, that is, ‘made-to-orderness’, just as there are similarities between specificity and process or mass production. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1902
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