1. (

• ripe ,
• mature ,

) fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" ;

2. (

• ripe

) fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" ;

3. (

• good ,
• right ,
• ripe

) 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. (

• ripe

) at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind" ;

5. (

• advanced ,
• ripe

) far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" ;