said of fruit or grain: fully grown and developed; mature
said of a cheese or wine: brought by ageing to full flavour or the best state; mellow
(+ for) fully prepared or ready for (something)
(often + for) propitious
(+ with) full of
(often + with) ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit
mature in knowledge, understanding, or judgment
(often + for) fully arrived; propitious
The time seemed ripe for the experiment
(+ for) fully prepared or ready for (something)
The firm was ripe for change
informal smutty or indecent
a ripe old age
a very great age
ripely adv
ripeness noun
[Old English rīpe]