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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

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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

He knew which mangoes had started ripening first.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

ripening

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