Today’s “Word of the Day” is “ripe (for)“ and it is an adjective meaning “suitable, opportune, appropriate, favourable, advantageous, fitting, good, promising, auspicious“.
Example Sentence: India and the U.S. will undertake joint military drills in October in Auli, Uttarakhand. Auli is at an altitude of 10,000 feet and some 95 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).The time is ripe for the inaugural India-U.S. joint space military exercise. First, this single act will push India’s defence partnership into a new orbit. Second, it will send a strong message to a common adversary. Third, it will have other ripple effects for the wider Quad.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Time for a joint space exercise and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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