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Dictionary definition · ripe

adjective

  1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used"ripe peaches"
  2. fully prepared or eager"the colonists were ripe for revolution"
  3. most suitable or right for a particular purpose"a good time to plant tomatoes"
  4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge"a ripe mind"
  5. far along in time"a man of advanced age"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).