- (esp of clothing or a website, computer program, etc) made to the customer's specifications
- making or selling such clothing, websites, etc: a bespoke tailor, a bespoke web designer
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be•spoke
(bi spōk′),USA pronunciation v.
adj.
- a pt. and pp. of bespeak.
adj.
- British Terms
- (of clothes) made to individual order;
custom-made:a bespoke jacket. - making or selling such clothes:a bespoke tailor.
- (of clothes) made to individual order;
- Slang Terms[Older Use.]engaged to be married;
spoken for.
- 1745–55 for def. 2
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bespoke /bɪˈspəʊk/ adj chiefly Brit
be•speak /bɪˈspik/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -spoke, -spo•ken or -spoke, -speak•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to ask for in advance;
reserve beforehand:to bespeak a seat in a theater. - to show;
indicate: This generous act bespeaks a kindly heart.
be•speak
(bi spēk′),USA pronunciation v.t., -spoke or (Archaic) -spake;
-spo•ken or -spoke;
-speak•ing.
-spo•ken or -spoke;
-speak•ing.
- to ask for in advance:to bespeak the reader's patience.
- to reserve beforehand;
engage in advance;
make arrangements for:to bespeak a seat in a theater. - [Literary.]to speak to;
address. - to show;
indicate:This bespeaks a kindly heart. - [Obs.]to foretell;
forebode.
- Middle English bespeken, Old English besprecan. See be-, speak bef. 900
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bespeak /bɪˈspiːk/ vb ( -speaks, -speaking, -spoke, -spoken, -spoke) (transitive)
- to engage, request, or ask for in advance
- to indicate or suggest: this act bespeaks kindness
- poetic to speak to; address
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