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ready-made

[ red-ee-meyd ]

adjective

  1. made in advance for sale to any purchaser, rather than to order:

    a ready-made coat.

  2. made for immediate use.
  3. unoriginal; conventional.


noun

  1. something that is ready-made, as a garment or a piece of furniture or equipment.

ready-made

adjective

  1. made for purchase and immediate use by any customer

    a ready-made jacket

  2. extremely convenient or ideally suited

    a ready-made solution

  3. unoriginal or conventional

    ready-made phrases

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a ready-made article, esp a garment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ready-made1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences

This is a provocative subject that is ready-made for the classroom.

The dress bizarrely burdened Hurley with a ready-made character to play up to, which she did without overt complaint.

Ozinga Brothers Illinois-based producer of ready-made concrete.

We would have had a ready-made alternative, as we would have had, too, for 2018.

In Warhol it found its self-image, ready-made for idolatry and mockery.

One company also has irrigation works, and ready-made farms for settlers in the prairie provinces.

Without applying to another librettist, he began to search for a ready-made text.

There are a certain number of ready-made phrases which we store and use when we wish to congratulate one another.

Social classifications ready-made are perhaps a great boon even for the people.

Flicks got a couple of the Ready-Made magnates fighting for admission, said Tootles, ignoring her criticism.

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