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