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ripe
(r/aI/p )

adjective (a)

  • fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used(adj.all)
    Example:
    Ripe peaches.
    Synonym:
    mature
    Antonym:
    green, immature, unripe, unripened
    source: wordnet30
  • Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • The bank of a river.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • fully prepared or eager(adj.all)
    Example:
    The colonists were ripe for revolution.
    source: wordnet30
  • most suitable or right for a particular purpose(adj.all)
    Example:
    The time is ripe for great sociological changes.
    Synonym:
    good, right
    source: wordnet30
  • at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge(adj.all)
    Example:
    A ripe mind.
    source: wordnet30
  • far along in time(adj.all)
    Example:
    A ripe old age.
    The ripe age of 90.
    Synonym:
    advanced
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To ripen; to grow ripe.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To mature; to ripen.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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