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adjective

Definition of ripenednext
as in ripe
fully grown or developed a fully ripened musical talent

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ripened

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verb

past tense of ripen
as in grew
to become mature pears ripening on the tree

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripened
  1. ripe
  2. grew
  3. progressed
  4. mature
  5. aged
  6. matured
  7. developed
Adjective
  • Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The owner of Zone 9 Farms doesn’t have a traditional stand full of big ripe fruits and vegetables.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ripe
Verb
  • The need for power and water grew more urgent Thursday for hundreds of thousands of residents across the Southeast a week after Helene began a deadly, devastating march as a historic Category 4 hurricane slamming onto Florida's Gulf Coast.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Service slowed and wait times grew.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of grew
Verb
  • The episode then progressed into a high-octant pursuit of Martel’s killer.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Note the dramatic rise since last week, capped by today’s higher high which then got sold as the session progressed.
    John Navin, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of progressed
Adjective
  • Some of the more mature advanced nuclear players are racing closer to commercialization, citing timelines as early as 2028.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Goldfish had its own buzzy launch this fall but this one was catered to its more mature customers.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of mature
Verb
  • There was a 5-6% increase in marijuana use initiation among adolescents and young adults aged 12-20.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The suspects are men aged between 18 and 37, all of them Dutch residents, police said.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of aged
Verb
  • To crack that rotation, the youngster will need to have dramatically improved his three-point shot, and matured in several parts of his game.
    Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This will become possible by breaking the AD problem into a large (but finite) set of driving skills, each one separately learned, matured, tested and incorporated into the car.
    Igal Raichelgauz, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of matured
Verb
  • Hezbollah developed a powerful if opaque network of social support organizations and even a microfinance lender, finding ways to ensure its supporters retained some financial stability even as the entire Lebanese economy around them collapsed in 2019.
    Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In these instances, external partnerships are developed with regulatory compliance in mind.
    Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of developed
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ripened

ripeness

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