the time is ripe

Examples

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• The time is ripe to start teaching the subject to students.

  Academic text (2003)

• On the contrary, they think the time is ripe for courts to start taking these cases seriously.

  Academic text (2004)

• I will say this, however: I think the time is ripe for field consensus on these matters.

  Academic text (2001)

• The architecture is ready, and the time is ripe, analysts say.

  Academic text (2007)

• Clearly, the time is ripe for reinforcing the importance of reaching children through music in the early years.

  Academic text (1999)

• The time is ripe to focus the attention of health educators on the important environmental health issue of food safety.

  Academic text (2004)

• The time is ripe for action, Bill. Let's stand together, true.

  Academic text (2014)

• Tedeschi says the time is ripe for this endeavor.

  Blog text (31)

• The time is ripe to bring business into the schools—in more than just a career-day format.

  Academic text (2007)

• The time is ripe for us to implement new strategies that can improve our performance.

Synonyms

W

when the time comes

vsthe time is ripe

83 2.9

At the right moment to do something

emphasises an immediate ideal moment to start action rather than waiting

H

high time

vsthe time is ripe

• Informal

30 3.8

The moment when something should finally happen because it is overdue

focuses on an ideal appropriate moment, not on overdue necessity

Antonyms

I

inopportune

8 7.3

Happening at a bad time

How Appropriate

now

∞ 1.0

the time is ripe

1 4.6

cautious statement

5.1

ill-timed

3 5.5

Surface Forms

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Etymology