ready-made

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or…

   Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.

   • Incidentally, they became mindful of the meaning of thrift and waste and learned to practice an economy of material and operations which was not elicited in the play with the more ready-made educational material.
2. 2

   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.
   • Commercial use of these machines was enhanced by the development of a system of proportional measurements and subsequently of proportional sizes, making feasible ready-made clothing on a mass scale.
   • The Tees Valley already produces more than 50% of all the hydrogen in the UK so it makes sense to bring it [hydrogen fuelling] here because you've already got a ready-made supply.
3. 3

   Made or prepared in advance and used regularly or habitually without original thought.

   • […]including both the most everyday and popular, the most ready-made or found objects, the most quotidian of performances.
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   1. 4

      A ready-made object.

   2. 5

      Synonym of found object.

The neighborhood

• synonymalso: Thesaurus:custom-made
• antonymcustom-madeantonym(s) of “made to standard specification”
• antonymmade-to-orderantonym(s) of “made to standard specification”
• antonymalso: Thesaurus:custom-made
• neighborpre-cooked
• neighborready-to-wear
• neighborshake and bake