What is the meaning of ripe?

adjective

  • Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
    • usage: "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
  • Fully prepared or eager.
    • usage: "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
  • Most suitable or right for a particular purpose.
    • usage: "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
  • At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge.
    • usage: "a ripe mind"
  • Far along in time.
    • usage: "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
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APAWordNet. (2010). Ripe. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/ripe/definitions/1182454
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