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  • present participle of ripen.

ripening

NOUN
development
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress
STRONG
addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement spread spreading unfolding
WEAK
adding to advancing augmenting elaborating evolvement evolving increasing making progress maturing ongoing perfecting reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage
STRONG
lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal
NOUN
gestation
Synonyms
STRONG
evolution fecundation gravidity growth incubation maturation pregnancy reproduction
Antonyms
STRONG
decrease
NOUN
unfolding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flowering
STRONG
addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing elaborating enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity perfecting progress progression reinforcement reinforcing spread spreading unraveling upping
WEAK
adding to evolvement making progress ongoing upgrowth
Antonyms
STRONG
decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal

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While convenient, these warmer conditions speed up respiration and ripening, causing fruit to soften and deteriorate more rapidly.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Risk and ripening at Apple, Tojo’s destructive plan, a father’s formidable presence and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

“The circumstances are ripening in a way they never have before.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

Aunt Amal arrived to take Liyana’s mother out to the orchards and show her the almonds and olives ripening on the branches.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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