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ripe
What does ripe mean?
ripe (adjective): of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use ripe in a sentence?
- Ripe tomatoes are red. (Tatoeba sentence #13475126 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce ripe?
/ɹaɪp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does ripe come from?
From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of ripe?
Words related to ripe
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “ripe” mean?
highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing
Not quite: that's what aggressive means.
of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
Right! That's what “ripe” means.
great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent
Not quite: that's what grand means.
allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
Not quite: that's what eligible means.
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