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RIPE definition: 1. (of fruit or crops) completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten: 2. Ripe cheese has…. Learn more.
1. : fully grown and developed : mature. ripe fruit. ripe wheat. 2. : having mature knowledge, understanding, or judgment. 3. : of advanced years : late. a ripe old age. 4. a. : suitable, appropriate. the time was ripe for the attempt. b. : fully prepared : ready. the colonies were ripe for revolution. 5. a.
Ripe means ready. Ripe can also describe something that is not only ready to happen but well-suited for whatever is happening. A company can expect profits if the market is ripe for its product.
Ripe definition: having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.. See examples of RIPE used in a sentence.
RIPE meaning: 1. (of fruit or crops) completely developed and ready to be collected or eaten: 2. Ripe cheese has…. Learn more.
adj. 1. (Botany) (of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed. 2. mature enough to be eaten or used: ripe cheese. 3. fully developed in mind or body. 4. resembling ripe fruit, esp in redness or fullness: a ripe complexion. 5. (foll by: for) ready or eager (to undertake or undergo an action)
1. fully grown or developed; specif., ready to be harvested and used for food, as grain or fruit. 2. like ripe fruit, as in being ruddy and full. ripe lips. 3. sufficiently advanced, as by being kept in storage or subjected to treatment, to be ready for use. ripe wine, ripe cheese. 4.
ripe (for something) ready or suitable for something to happen. This land is ripe for development. The conditions were ripe for social change. Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.
Fully or highly developed by study, experience, etc.; mature as in judgment, knowledge, etc. Ripe wisdom. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned. Ripe judgment. American Heritage. More Adjective Definitions (11) Synonyms: right. good.
developed enough and ready to be eaten: ripe bananas. ripe for sth. developed enough to be ready for something: The country is ripe for change. The time is ripe for (= It is the right time for) investing in new technology. (Definition of ripe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
