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ready-made

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From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made.

adjective more ready-made · most ready-made · readymade

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 con
not comparable Made in advance to a standard specification. During the 1830s and 1840s, ready-made standardized shoes and clothing increasingly challenged the custom-made products of small handicraft workshops.
Similar: off-the-peg, reach-me-down
Being or relating to found objects. […]including both the most everyday and popular, the most ready-made or found objects, the most quotidian of performances.

noun ready-mades · readymade

A ready-made object.
Synonym of found object.
Similar: found object

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adj made in advance

中文	現成的 /现成的 xiànchéng de
Français	tout fait
Русский	заранее приготовленный zaraneje prigotovlennyj

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@misc{ready_made_2026,
  title = {ready-made},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ready-made},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}