mature
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/məˈtjʊə/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.“She is quite mature for her age.”
- Brought to a state of complete readiness.“a mature plan”
- Profound; careful.“The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.”
- Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
verb
- To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
- (of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
- To bring (something) to maturity, full development or completion.
- To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
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Synonyms
adultishgrown upadultgrownagedevelopgrow upgrowprogressripenripen upfull-growngrownupfull-blownmaturateagedripeoverripe