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ripe

ripe

54 3.7
A situation or person fully ready for change
  • adjective
  • /raɪp/
translation icon : maduro
  • The education sector is ripe for the development of new service models.
  • the time is ripe
  • ripe for change
  • a ripe opportunity

It means that they're ripe for a new religion.

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Examples

  • The project is now ripe for implementation after months of planning.

  • The second half of this decade seems to be a ripe time for labor organizing.

    Academic text (1994)

  • It's a very ripe state of mind for learning.

  • Do think e-mail is ripe for a change in the next generation.

    GaryVee

  • I think that whole system is now ripe for disruption.

  • Further, as they transformed their work, their practice was ripe for reflection and inquiry.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Privatization can give pricing policies, which are ripe for reform, a needed push in the right direction.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Well, I think that emotion research and emotion neuroscience is ripe for a lot more progress.

  • So a year later, when I met Dev, I was ripe for an infatuation.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The discussions have created a ripe environment for new ideas to flourish.

Synonyms

good
vsripe
∞ 1.0

Showing positive qualities that other people approve of

focuses on being fully prepared or mature rather than just positive
right
vsripe
∞ 1.0

Correct or most suitable for a situation

means full readiness or maturity rather than mere appropriateness

Antonyms

unprepared
69 2.8

Not ready for something because the things you need or a plan are missing

inexperienced
66 3.4

Not having much skill or practice

Idioms

the time is ripe
1 4.6

A good time to take action or make a change

Compounds

ripe old age
10 2.7

An age when someone has lived for a very long time

ripe olive
1 2.1

An olive picked when fully ripe and kept for eating

ripe pawpaw
  • Australian
3.8

A soft, sweet fruit from a tropical tree ready to eat

How Ready

ripe
54 3.7
ready
∞ 1.0
prepared
103 1.3
unprepared
69 2.8

Surface Forms

ripe positive

Etymology

Ripe comes from an old English word meaning 'ready' and is the same root as ripen, so you can picture a situation becoming ready like a fruit. That's why when people say a situation is ripe for change, they mean it is mature and ready for something to happen.