Meaning & Definition of Ripe in English

1. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

• "Ripe peaches"

• "Full-bodied mature wines"

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"

• "The right time to act"

• "The time is ripe for great sociological changes"

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"

• "Advanced in years"

• "A ripe old age"

• "The ripe age of 90"