read·y-made or read·y·made (r d  -m d )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
adj
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
n
a ready-made article, esp a garment
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | 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" 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 |
ready-made
adjective ready-to-wear, off-the-peg, off-the-rack (U.S.) local ready-made clothes
Translations
ready-made [ˈredɪˈmeɪd] ADJ [clothes, curtains] → confeccionado, ya hecho; [meal, sauce] → precocinado, preparado; [excuses, ideas] → preparado
we can't expect to find a ready-made solution for our problems → no podemos esperar que la solución a nuestros problemas nos llegue como caída del cielo
a ready-made basis for negotiations → una base para las negociaciones muy oportuna
you can buy your greenhouse ready-made → puede comprar un invernadero ya prefabricado
we can't expect to find a ready-made solution for our problems → no podemos esperar que la solución a nuestros problemas nos llegue como caída del cielo
a ready-made basis for negotiations → una base para las negociaciones muy oportuna
you can buy your greenhouse ready-made → puede comprar un invernadero ya prefabricado
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