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- 10 dictionary resultsma⋅ture
[muh-too
r, -tyoo
r, -choo
r, -chur]
adjective, -tur⋅er, -tur⋅est, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.–adjective
| 1. | complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush. |
| 2. | ripe, as fruit, or fully aged, as cheese or wine. |
| 3. | fully developed in body or mind, as a person: a mature woman. |
| 4. | pertaining to or characteristic of full development: a mature appearance; fruit with a mature softness. |
| 5. | completed, perfected, or elaborated in full by the mind: mature plans. |
| 6. | (of an industry, technology, market, etc.) no longer developing or expanding; having little or no potential for further growth or expansion; exhausted or saturated. |
| 7. | intended for or restricted to adults, esp. by reason of explicit sexual content or the inclusion of violence or obscene language: mature movies. |
| 8. | composed of adults, considered as being less susceptible than minors to explicit sexual content, violence, or obscene language, as of a film or stage performance: for mature audiences only. |
| 9. | Finance. having reached the limit of its time; having become payable or due: a mature bond. |
| 10. | Medicine/Medical.
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| 11. | Geology. (of a landscape) exhibiting the stage of maximum topographical diversity, as in the cycle of erosion of a land surface. |
–verb (used with object)
| 12. | to make mature; ripen, as fruit or cheese. |
| 13. | to bring to full development: His hard experiences in the city matured him. |
| 14. | to complete or perfect. |
–verb (used without object)
| 15. | to become mature; ripen, as fruit or cheese. |
| 16. | to come to full development: Our plans have not yet matured. |
| 17. | Finance. to become due, as a note. |
Related forms:
ma⋅ture⋅ly, adverb
ma⋅ture⋅ment, noun
ma⋅ture⋅ness, noun
ma⋅tur⋅er, noun
Antonyms:
1, 3. childish, raw, green, young.
1, 3. childish, raw, green, young.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Mature
Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. Maturer; superl. Maturest.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.]1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: Mature, Ripe. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar.Mature
Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence, to become due, as a note.
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mature (v.)
1392, (implied in maturative), from L. maturare "to ripen," from maturus "ripe, timely, early," related to manus "good" and mane "early, of the morning" (see mañana). The financial sense of "reach the time for payment" is from 1861. The adj. is first recorded 1454, from the noun. Maturity (c.1375) is from L. maturitatem (nom. maturitas) "ripeness," from maturus "ripe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ma·ture
Pronunciation: m&-'tur, -'chur
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ma·tured; ma·tur·ing
transitive verb : to bring to maturity matured by the death of the insured> intransitive verb : to become due, payable, or enforceable; specifically : to entitle one to immediate enjoyment of benefits
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1ma·ture
Pronunciation: m&-'t(y)u(&)r also -'chu(&)r
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms:ma·tur·er; -est
1 : having completed natural growth and development mature ovary>
2 : having undergone maturation<mature germ cells>
Main Entry: 2mature
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ma·tured; ma·tur·ing
transitive senses
: to bring tomaturity or completion mature intransitive senses
: to become fully developed or ripe —maturer noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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mature ma·ture (mə-ty&oobreve;r', -t&oobreve;r', -ch&oobreve;r')
adj.
- Having reached full natural growth or development.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of full mental or physical development.
To evolve toward or reach full development.
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