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Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1993, Leslie Howard Owens, Commentary to Bill C.Malone, Blacks and Whites and the Music of the Old South, Ted Ownby (editor), Black and White, page 185, The periods of massive revivals, especially the Awakenings, and spiritual movements in Protestant America in general seem the most ready made to attract Africans to Christianity.
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Made in advance to a standard specification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Made or prepared in advance and used regularly or habitually without original thought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A ready-made object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonym of found object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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Synonyms: found object
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made for purchase and immediate use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: custom-made
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
commercially produced; not homemade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
repeated regularly without thought or originality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cliched
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a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- their apartment was furnished with ready-mades
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Antonyms: custom-made
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
現成的 /现成的
(xiànchéng de)
— made in advance
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Dutch:
kant en klaar
— made in advance
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Finnish:
valmis-
— made in advance
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French:
tout fait
— made in advance
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Khiamniungan Naga:
thīhshīu
— made in advance
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Polish:
ready-made
— made in advance
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Punjabi:
بَݨیْا بَݨایَا
(baṇiyā baṇāyā)
— made in advance
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Russian:
заранее приготовленный
(zaraneje prigotovlennyj)
— made in advance
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Swedish:
färdiggjord
— made in advance
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Swedish:
förberedd
— made in advance
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Finnish:
valmistavara
— ready-made object
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Polish:
ready-made
— ready-made object
