adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
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Examples
- ripe peaches
- full-bodied mature wines
adjective
fully prepared or eager
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ripe(p)
Examples
- the colonists were ripe for revolution
adjective
most suitable or right for a particular purpose
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- a good time to plant tomatoes
- the right time to act
- the time is ripe for great sociological changes
adjective
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
Examples
- a ripe mind
adjective
far along in time
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Examples
- a man of advanced age
- advanced in years
- a ripe old age
- the ripe age of 90