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ripe

ripe

71 3.7
A situation or person fully ready for change
  • adjective
  • /raɪp/
: 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
68 2.8

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

inexperienced
60 3.4

Not having much skill or practice

Idioms

the time is ripe
3 4.6

A good time to take action or make a change

Compounds

ripe old age
12 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
1 3.8

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

How Ready

ripe
71 3.7
ready
∞ 1.0
prepared
∞ 1.3
unprepared
68 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.