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. readymade.
2. 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

noun

1. a ready-made article, esp a garment

Word History and Origins

Origin of ready-made¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

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

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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