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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

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

This year marks a very different start to the strawberry-growing season than in 2024, when the fruit was delayed in ripening following one of the wettest winters on record.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

Thanks to a sprawling global supply chain, refrigerated cargo ships, controlled-environment greenhouses and the introduction of artificial ripening techniques, American shoppers have gradually become untethered from the natural cycles of the earth.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024

When he saw Tortoise surveying his fields of ripening crops, he thought of the pleasure that must come from growing such fine food.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith