readymade

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

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Meanings

adjectivereadymade (comparative more readymade, superlative most readymade)

comparative more readymade · superlative most readymade

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ready-made.
nounreadymade (plural readymades)

plural readymades

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ready-made.

    Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers.

    2009, Ben-Ami Scharfstein, Art without borders: a philosophical exploration of art and humanity
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APA

readymade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readymade

MLA

“readymade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readymade. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “readymade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/readymade.

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