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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. 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

“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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ready-made1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Such was the hype around him that several labels got into a two-year bidding war to sign the unlikely teen idol with a ready-made fan base.

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In turn, their early singles, like the dreamy Latin pop track “Julieta” and the electronic “No digas nada,” had a ready-made audience.

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And it’s for a role that is ready-made for his affable and playfully abrasive sense of humor.

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We have a ready-made replacement, so he can go.

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One, buying ready-made meals from somebody who was still cooking rice.

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