bespoke
Syllables: be·spokeUK/bɪˈspəʊk//bɪˈspəʊk/
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bespoke adjective: made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique. Also the simple past of bespeak.
Adjective
bespoke (not comparable)
- Made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
- Near-synonyms: custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built; see also Thesaurus:custom-made
- Marc Valeric, a Beverly Hills milliner, sold 125 bespoke hats in two weeks to women desperate to dress properly for royal receptions.1983 March 7, Kurt Andersen, “Her Majesty in Mellowland”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- custom, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made, custom-built, purpose-built, made-to-measure, made-to-order
- Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.
- a bespoke tailor
Also used as
bespoke is also the simple past of bespeak.
bespoke is also the past participle of bespeak.
bespoke meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bespoke in Hindi
- बेसपोक
bespoke in Tamil
- பெஸ்போக்
bespoke in Marathi
- बेस्पॉक
bespoke in Urdu
- بیسپوک
More languagesFewer languages
- bespoke in Bengali
- বেস্পোক, বেসপোক
- bespoke in Telugu
- బెస్పోక్
- bespoke in Malayalam
- ബെസ്പോക്, ബെസ്പോക്ക്
- bespoke in Kannada
- ಬೆಸ್ಪೋಕ್, ಬೆಸ್ಪೊಕ್
- bespoke in Punjabi
- ਬੇਸਪੋਕ, ਬੇਸਪੌਕ
- bespoke in Gujarati
- બેસ્પોક, બેસપોકે
- bespoke in Odia
- ବେସ୍ପୋକ୍, ବେସ୍ପୋକ
- bespoke in Nepali
- बेस्पोक, बेसपोक
Examples of bespoke in a sentence
- Were Athenian pots bespoke, bearing images requested by Etruscans?2001, Robin Osborne, “Why Did Athenian Pots Appeal to the Etruscans?”, in World Archaeology, volume 33, number 2, Taylor & Francis, →JSTOR...
- People gathered round, since it was something of an event, their MP, in his bespoke pinstripe and red tie, clutching an old Wellington boot and about to hurl it through the air.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 10, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
- … others are attempting the more ambitious feat of engineering bespoke human organs from scratch.2012 August 1, Ed Yong, “Replacement Parts”, in The Scientist, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2012:
- There are 436 escalators in the London Underground, and every one is totally bespoke.2016, The Tube: Going Underground, season 1, episode 6:
Synonyms of bespoke
Origin of bespoke
In sense “custom-made”, 1755, from earlier bespoken (c. 1600), form of bespeak, in sense “arrange beforehand” (1580s), a prefixed variant of speak; compare order, made-to-order.
Words formed from bespoke
Words that rhyme with bespoke
Questions about bespoke
- What does bespoke mean?
- Bespoke means made or done in a way adjusted to the needs of a specific person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
- What is bespoke in Hindi?
- Bespoke in Hindi is बेसपोक. See Bespoke meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use bespoke in a sentence?
- Were Athenian pots bespoke, bearing images requested by Etruscans?
- What part of speech is bespoke?
- Bespoke is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bespoke?
- Bespoke is pronounced /bɪˈspəʊk/ (UK).
Words near bespoke in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bespoke (page history and authors); bespoke (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bespoke (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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