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# ripeness

noun (ripeness — uncountable)

«ripeness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The state of fruit, vegetables or grain being fully grown and ready to eat or pick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#m1)
2. Being fully developed or ready: "the ripeness of time". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and science lessons, ripeness is checked by colour, smell and softness: a ripe banana is yellow, an unripe one green. Ripening is a chemical change; some fruits ripen faster near bananas because of a gas called ethylene. Phrases: at the peak of ripeness, check for ripeness.

### Examples

- Check the ripeness of an avocado by gently pressing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x1)
- The strawberries were picked at full ripeness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x2)
- You can tell the ripeness of a banana by its colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x3)
- The farmer waited for the wheat to reach ripeness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x4)
- The sweet smell showed the melon's ripeness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x5)
- In science we recorded the ripeness of pears each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. From "ripe" + -ness. Opposite: unripeness. "Overripe" means too ripe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ripeness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripeness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ripeness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ripeness.html) on Mova free.