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Ready-made
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- 1 Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.
"They used to take a big horse-blanket and sit on the grass a little to the left of the lower end, where there is a dip in the ground, and where the occupied graves stop short and the ready-made ones are not ready. Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear."
- 2 Made in advance to a standard specification. not-comparable
"During the 1830s and 1840s, ready-made standardized shoes and clothing increasingly challenged the custom-made products of small handicraft workshops."
- 3 Made or prepared in advance and used regularly or habitually without original thought.
"[…]including both the most everyday and popular, the most ready-made or found objects, the most quotidian of performances."
- 1 made for purchase and immediate use wordnet
- 2 commercially produced; not homemade wordnet
- 3 repeated regularly without thought or originality wordnet
- 1 A ready-made object.
- 2 a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase wordnet
- 3 Synonym of found object.
Etymology
From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made.
From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made.
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