Adjective
1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
"ripe peaches""full-bodies mature wines"2. fully prepared or eager;
"the colonists were ripe for revolution"3. 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. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge;
"a ripe mind"5. far along in time;
"a man of advanced age""advanced in years""a ripe old age""the ripe age of 90"