ready-made

American  

[red-ee-meyd] / ˈrɛd iˈmeɪd /

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.

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noun

1. readymade.

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

ready-made British  

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

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noun

1. a ready-made article, esp a garment

Etymology

Origin of ready-made

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.

From Los Angeles Times

For managers handing out pink slips, technology offers a ready-made breakup line: “It’s not you; it’s AI.”

From The Wall Street Journal

If he couldn’t buy DeepMind and acquire a ready-made team, Zuckerberg wanted a famous professor to assemble an AI squad for him.

From The Wall Street Journal

Several months after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia began to import ready-made Iranian drones.

From Barron's

Though the film isn’t of much aesthetic distinction, it tells a story of such robustly drawn characters and bright battle lines that it feels almost ready-made for a Broadway-musical adaptation.

From The Wall Street Journal