When a fruit is ripe, it is time to pick it and eat it. If you say the time is ripe, then now is the time for action. Ripe means ready.
The bank of a river.
Adjective S.
far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
Adjective S.
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
Adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
Adjective S.
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"
n.
The bank of a river.
superl.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained
perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
superl.
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as,
ripe cheese; ripe wine.
superl.
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;
consummate.
superl.
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of
sores, tumors, etc.
superl.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
superl.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
superl.
Intoxicated.
v. i.
To ripen; to grow ripe.
v. t.
To mature; to ripen.
Ripe
Ripe
So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap.2.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.4.
While things were just ripe for a war.
I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.6.
Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.7.
Ripe
Ripe
The bank of a river.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.;
To ripen; to grow ripe.
To mature; to ripen.
Usage Examples
But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.
Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity.
Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.
I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe.
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Other Usage ExamplesI believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.
The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
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