Meaning

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

  2. (not comparable)Made in advance to a standard specification.

    заранее приготовленныйzaraneje prigotovlennyj

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

    repeated regularly without thought or originality

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
made in advance:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more ready-made, most ready-made
Comparativemore ready-made Lesson
Superlativemost ready-made Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
made to standard specification:off-the-pegreach-me-down
also: Thesaurus:custom-made
Close in meaning
  • repeated regularly without thought or originality:cliched

Antonyms

3 antonyms
made to standard specification:custom-mademade-to-order
also: Thesaurus:custom-made

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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