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ready-made

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read·y-made or read·y·made (rd-md)
adj.
1. Already made, prepared, or available: ready-made clothes.
2. Handy or expedient, especially because of familiarity, frequent use, or preplanning: a raft of ready-made excuses.

ready-made
Adjective
1. for immediate use by any customer
2. extremely convenient or ideally suited: a ready-made audience
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ready-made - a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase; "their apartment was furnished with ready-mades"
artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
custom-built, custom-made - an item made to the customer's specifications
Adj.1.ready-made - made for purchase and immediate use
custom, custom-made - made according to the specifications of an individual
2.ready-made - repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
3.ready-made - commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes"
factory-made - produced in quantity at a factory
Translations
ready-made [ˈrɛdɪˈmeɪd] adjconfeccionado
ready-made [ˈrɛdɪˈmeɪd] ready adjtout(e) faite(e)
ready-made [ˈrɛdɪˈmeɪd] ready adj (clothes) → von der Stange, Konfektions-;
ready-made meal → Fertiggericht nt
ready-made [rɛdɪˈmeɪd] adjprefabbricato/a; [clothes] → confezionato/a


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Already the coffin was standing in their midst--a plain but decent shell which had been bought ready-made.
Besides, the Alps and the gipsies, in common with waterfalls and ruined castles, belong to the ready-made operatic poetry of the world, from which the last thrill has long since departed.
Jane was the Cook; but she never did any cooking, because the dinner had been bought ready-made, in a box full of shavings.
 
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