ripe

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adjective

1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used (Freq. 6)
- ripe peaches
- full-bodied mature wines
• Syn:
mature
• Ant:
green
• Similar to:
aged, ripened, mellow, mellowed, overripe
• Derivationally related forms:
matureness (for: mature), ripeness
2. fully prepared or eager (Freq. 1)
- the colonists were ripe for revolution
• Similar to:
ready
3. 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
• Syn:
good, right
• Similar to:
opportune
• Derivationally related forms:
goodness (for: good)
4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
- a ripe mind
• Similar to:
mature
5. far along in time
- a man of advanced age
- advanced in years
- a ripe old age
- the ripe age of 90
• Syn:
advanced
• Similar to:
late

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  advanced, good, right, ripe(p), mature
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  green, unripe, unripened, immature