ripeness
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ripe
(rīp)adj. rip·er, rip·est
1. Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches.
2. Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese.
3. Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment.
4. Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90.
5. Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready: "By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup" (Alex Shoumatoff).
6. Sufficiently advanced; opportune: The time is ripe for great societal changes.
7. Sensuous and full: ripe lips.
8. Coarse or indecent; vulgar: the comic's ripe language.
9. Emitting a foul odor: "the dirt and stench ... the mountains of ripe bushmeat in every camp" (Bryan Mealer).
[Middle English, from Old English rīpe.]
ripe′ly adv.
ripe′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ripeness - the state of being ripe matureness, maturity - state of being mature; full development greenness - the state of not being ripe |
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Translations
نُضوج
zralost
modenhed
òroski
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ripeness
n → Reife f
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ripe
(raip) adjective (negative unripe) (of fruit, grain etc) ready to be gathered in or eaten. ripe apples/corn.
ˈripeness nounˈripen verb
to make or become ripe or riper. The sun ripened the corn; The corn ripened in the sun.
ripe (old) age a very old age. He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.
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