Definition of "ready-made" in English

adjective

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

   • 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.

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

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

noun

1. A ready-made object.

2. (art) Synonym of found object.