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Meaning of ripe

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ripe
      adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
             "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" [syn: {ripe},
             {mature}] [ant: {green}, {immature}, {unripe},
             {unripened}]
      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" [syn: {good}, {right},
         {ripe}]
      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" [syn:
         {advanced}, {ripe}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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