mature
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).
Inflected forms:
form: more mature
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mature
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: matures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: maturing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: matured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: matured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
pos: adj
examples: She is quite mature for her age.
The excellent mature eggplants grown in the garden plot are quickly being picked up by family and friends.
gloss: Brought to a state of complete readiness.
pos: adj
examples: a mature plan
gloss: Profound; careful.
pos: adj
examples: The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
On mature reflection, I feel it would be wiser not to sell.
gloss: Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
pos: adj
examples: mature content
gloss: To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection.
gloss: To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: […] Trees […] have alwayes Fruit upon them, ripe, or preparing to mature;
gloss: To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] But these thoughts
Full Counsel must mature:
[…] much it now
Imports they should be still deceiv’d, till time
Matures our enterprize;
[…] I did not interrupt her, I was so busy maturing a plan I had had in my mind for some days […]
[…] the long clean groove of her upper lip was ready to go into motion, as if she were going to break her silence with something momentous and long-matured; explain love to me, perhaps.
gloss: To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] a ship well freighted with the stores
The sun matures on India’s spicy shores,
There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed.
gloss: To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make (someone) mature.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Then Tom shall have his kite, and Fan new dollies,
Till time matures them for important follies.
[…] what I most wanted was time to grow up. The war had not matured me;
Having parents who are "different" from other parents does not make my children's upbringing easy, but having four parents (or two sets of parents) hopefully will mature my children into adults respecting of diversity of personalities and pluralities of races, nationalities, and cultures.
gloss: To reach the date when payment is due.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When the bond matures, the full face value is payable to its bearer.
Synonyms: grown
grown up
mature
maturate
Antonyms: childish
immature
superficial
Related words: matura
full-grown
Derived words: dysmature
hypermature
hypomature
maturase
maturation
mature-age student
mature BL
maturely
maturement
mature minor
matureness
maturescent
mature student
maturish
maturity
nonmature
overmature
postmature
premature
semimature
sexually mature
submature
supermature
maturable
mature up
unmaturing
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